Shopping during the day due to security concerns
- Update Time : Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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After a busy day, we return home for evening iftar. After that, we go to the market with our family members. We visit different markets and choose clothes for the whole family. We finish shopping and return home almost at midnight. This is the familiar scene of the capital’s residents every year around Eid-ul-Fitr.
However, this time the picture has changed. The residents of the capital are shopping while there is still daylight. The number of customers in shopping malls starts to decrease after evening. Most of the shopping malls are almost empty in the early part of the night. Buyers and sellers say that due to security concerns, buyers are finishing their shopping during the day. Sales are also declining due to the political change.
Meanwhile, such a change in shopping schedule has also increased frustration among sellers. Md. Atiq, a Punjabi businessman from New Market, said, “Earlier, our sales were highest from evening to midnight. But this time, the market is emptying by 9 pm. As a result, sales have decreased a lot.”
