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Prayer cap sales rise in Ctg

Shahadat Hossain, ctg
Prayer caps are high in demand following clothes and accessories for Eid in the port city.
Hawkers and vendors on various roads and intersections, including Jail Road, Jubilee Road, New Market intersection, in front of VIP tower and Anderkilla intersection, are selling caps in full swing.
The seasonal cap sellers from various districts are also busy selling caps along with the regularvendors.
According to vendors, cap sales increased after the 25th of Ramadan and arc increasing as Eid nears.
Kamal Uddin, a resident of Chowdhuryhat under Hathazari upazila in Chittagong, bought three caps yesterday from a hawker in the New Market area at Tk 50 each. He bought Eid clothes for his family members from Bipani Bitani. "Eid shopping is incomplete without the prayer cap.”
“I bought caps from the hawkers because of the lower cost,” he said.
In addition to local caps, caps imported from India and China are also available.
Chinese caps in a variety of
designs and colour are available for Tk 50-100 a piece, while caps from India are available at Tk 15-25.
The local caps of different companies are priced between Tk 5-200.
Caps for kids are also avail-
able atTk 40-60.
Md Motaleb Meah of Raozan, a street vendor in the New Market area, said his caps cost between Tk 30-100.
"Sales have increased greatly from the 25th of Ramadan, ahead of Shab-e-Qadar," he said. His daily sales are up to Tk 3,000-3,500.
Md Shafiqul Islam, a cap seller at the Anderkilla intersection, said turnover is better than in previous years.
Islam, a construction worker by profession, has been selling caps in the area during Eid for the last ten years. In Ramadan, he comes to Chittagong from his home in Nangalkot of Comilla.
Abdur Rahman, owner of the wholesale store Azmeer Cap House in Reaz Uddin Bazar, said he is selling local caps at prices ranging from Tk 60-1200 a dozen, Chinese caps at Tk 60-1200 and Indian caps atTk 100-400.
Daily turnover at the shop is aboutTk 70,000, he added.
He said the sale of Indian caps has increased this year due to lower prices.