Makeshift shops on footpaths and open spaces in the capital and other major cities across the country are doing a brisk business ahead of Eid-ul Fitr, reports UNB.
The low-income and poor people are mostly crowding around such shops to buy clothes and other items at cheaper rates.
These makeshift stalls are seen as hotspots for cheap jeans and gabardine pants, jerseys, shirts, T-shirts, panjabis, trousers, footwear, belts, caps, lungis, wallets, children clothes, girls’ attires, cosmetics and toys.
Most buyers said they are shopping at the footpath stalls as they cannot afford expensive items at the shopping malls.
However, makeshift shop owners voiced a little dismay that sporadic rain is hampering their business greatly.
In the capital, people were seen crowding around the makeshift shops in Nilkhet, Motijheel, Paltan, Jatrabari, Sadarghat, Gulistan, Bangabazar Farmgate, Mirpur-1, Mirpur-10, Mohakhali, Fakirerpool, Mouchak, Rampura and Badda areas on Tuesday to complete their last-minute shopping.
Abdul Hakim, a private bank night guard, who had come to buy dresses for his son at Gulistan, said, “Good products are available here at a cheap rate. I bought a shirt at Tk 400.”
