Sweet sellers cash in on SSC exam results
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Monira Munni
Sales of sweetmeats shot up manifold Saturday, as city dwellers rushed to the sweetmeat marts after the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examination results were published.
The demand of the items increased as the guardians, whose children came out with flying colours in the examinations, rushed to the sweet shops to buy sweets for distribution among relatives, friends and neighbours, sweet-makers said.
"We were well prepared for the day, as we have previous experience of meeting a great demand for sweetmeats on such occasions," Aminur Rahman, a salesman of Muslim Sweetmeats at Mirpur told the FE.
Our sales increase during religious festivals from our usual daily sales he said and added, "But today is a day for all, irrespective of cast, creed or religion."
It is an ancient custom of distributing sweets among near and dear ones to celebrate an occasion. Sweets add a special touch to festivities -- specially celebrating good academic results, Sobhan Ahmed a guardian-- whose son achieved GPA 5 in SSC examination-- said while buying sweetmeats from a local shop.
Taking advantage of the rush of buyers, sweet sellers raised the price of sweets by Tk 10 to Tk 30 per kg, many guardians complained.
Lalmohon is selling at Tk 180 per kg, Kalojam at Tk 160 per kg, Chamcham ranged between Tk 200 to Tk 260 per kg.
Among the ready-made sweets 'Kalojam' and 'White Chamcham' are the most sought after items during these times, a salesman of Bonoful said.
He said various methods are used to make sweets appealing and delicious and special attention was given to flavour, variety and decoration.
Different natural ingredients and moulds are used to give attractive designs and shapes to the sweetmeats, he added.
Sales of sweetmeats shot up manifold Saturday, as city dwellers rushed to the sweetmeat marts after the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examination results were published.
The demand of the items increased as the guardians, whose children came out with flying colours in the examinations, rushed to the sweet shops to buy sweets for distribution among relatives, friends and neighbours, sweet-makers said.
"We were well prepared for the day, as we have previous experience of meeting a great demand for sweetmeats on such occasions," Aminur Rahman, a salesman of Muslim Sweetmeats at Mirpur told the FE.
Our sales increase during religious festivals from our usual daily sales he said and added, "But today is a day for all, irrespective of cast, creed or religion."
It is an ancient custom of distributing sweets among near and dear ones to celebrate an occasion. Sweets add a special touch to festivities -- specially celebrating good academic results, Sobhan Ahmed a guardian-- whose son achieved GPA 5 in SSC examination-- said while buying sweetmeats from a local shop.
Taking advantage of the rush of buyers, sweet sellers raised the price of sweets by Tk 10 to Tk 30 per kg, many guardians complained.
Lalmohon is selling at Tk 180 per kg, Kalojam at Tk 160 per kg, Chamcham ranged between Tk 200 to Tk 260 per kg.
Among the ready-made sweets 'Kalojam' and 'White Chamcham' are the most sought after items during these times, a salesman of Bonoful said.
He said various methods are used to make sweets appealing and delicious and special attention was given to flavour, variety and decoration.
Different natural ingredients and moulds are used to give attractive designs and shapes to the sweetmeats, he added.