Brisk Eid shopping on in dists

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Our Correspondent | Published: July 01, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

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PABNA, June 30: People here have already started early Eid shopping despite higher prices of items, much ahead of the festivity to avoid the last moment's abnormal rush in the markets.
Customers are buzzing in the markets of the district town as Eid shopping has gained momentum.
New Market, Humyra Market, Hazi Market, Seven Star Market, AR Plaza, AR Corner, Rabiul Market, Khan Bahadur Sopping mall, New Point, Nixon Market and Hawker Market in the town are decorated gorgeously to draw the attention of the customers.
The number of buyers is increasing at the shops of shoes, sarees, punjabi, shalwar and kameez, Indian goods, such as sarees, footwear, three-pieces and cosmetics, are being sold at many shops. Small traders of rural markets have set up makeshift shops.
People from all walks of life are seen crowding different markets, shopping malls, business centres and makeshift stores to collect their items of choice.
The tailors are now passing very busy time and many of them have stopped taking orders. Sahjahan Ali Babul, owner of Babul Tailors at Abdul Hamid Road in the district town said he had already recruited extra hands to supply the orders in time. Some 35 tailors are working his tailoring shop in day and night.     
Rajshahi
A BSS report from Rajshahi says: With a little bit two weeks more left before the Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, Rajshahi city has been caught by Eid shopping fever with modern and traditional shopping malls bustling with shoppers from all strata.
As weather has come back to normalcy after rainfall for a couple of days, thousands of people are purchasing items of their own choice with huge enthusiasm despite significant rise in prices of all kinds of clothes than the last year's.
Movement of the shoppers has created huge traffic congestion in the major shopping areas. Shop owners told the news agency that sales were showing an upward trend over the last couple of days.
Salesmen of different markets, footpaths, makeshift sales centres are passing busy time from morning to midnight as shoppers of all ages gathered there, they added.
Market sources said the overall sale was much higher this year because of further improvement in the economic condition of people from all classes.
Deployment of law enforcers at different points and market places and engagement of private security men at shopping malls by the authorities concerned have created a fool-proof security arrangement for businessmen as well as shoppers.