Winter intensified in Sylhet: Crowds at warm clothing stores
S A Shofiee, Sylhet :
The winter has been gradually increasing since the beginning of the monsoon. In the second week, winter has settled in Sylhet. Even though the sun appears briefly in the sky wrapped in a sheet of fog, it remains dim.
The surrounding area is being covered in a sheet of fog. Along with this, the cold wind coming from the Himalayas for a few days has increased the intensity of the winter.
The bitter cold wind and thick fog have also affected normal public life. Meteorologists believe that the outbreak of winter may increase further in the coming January. As time goes by, the intensity of the winter is also increasing.
In such a situation, the demand for warm clothes has increased in Sylhet to ward off the cold. Various types of winter clothes are being sold and bought on footpaths, shopping malls and shopping malls from morning to night.
Such a picture can be seen on Sunday afternoon when visiting the city’s Bandar Bazar, Zindabazar, Amberkhana, and Rikabi Bazar areas.
It can be seen on the ground that there is a wide range of winter clothes in various markets including Hassan Market in Bandar Bazar, Madhuban Market, Shukriya Market in Zindabazar, and Londoni Mansion in Sylhet city.
The stalls have been arranged according to demand for clothes. These include jackets, sweaters, hoodies, blazers, woolen shawls, earmuffs, and socks.
It was learned from talking to several buyers that they have been in trouble due to the sudden change in weather since last week.
Therefore, the demand for winter clothes has increased everywhere from the city’s elite markets to the sidewalks.
And the scene of selling warm clothes in vans in the alleys is visible.
Jamal Ahmed, a businessman at Blue Water Shopping City in the city’s Zindabazar area, said, “There is an interest among the youth of Sylhet.
They want to buy new clothes. We collect winter clothes keeping in mind their preferences. Sales are going very well this year.”
Visiting the Hassan Market in the Bandar Bazar area, it can be seen that there are a lot of buyers of shawls, mufflers, and socks for the elderly, from small children to the elderly.
Children’s clothing is being sold at different prices depending on quality and age.
Traders said that various types of warm clothes are available on the sidewalks for between 100 and 400 taka.
These include children’s jeans frocks, skirts, woolen clothes, baby keeper, and rexine jackets.
Boys’ clothes also include hoodies, full-sleeved T-shirts, winter hats, and jacket blazers. In addition, various types of blankets have arrived in various markets in the city.
Ali Akbar, a buyer in the Rikabi Bazar area, said that the prices of warm clothes have increased due to the onset of extreme cold.
Monowar Jahan, a seller at Lama Bazar Ali Fashion, said that the sale of warm clothes has started. The prices are a little high now, and the prices of clothes will increase further as the cold increases.
It should be noted that there was moderate to dense fog in various places across the country from midnight on Friday to Saturday morning. Fog was seen in some places until noon.
Light to moderate fog was seen in Dhaka and surrounding areas in the morning. The sun appeared as the day progressed, but it disappeared again after noon.
The lowest temperature in the country on this day was recorded at 8.8 degrees Celsius in Jessore. And the lowest temperature recorded in Sylhet was 12 degrees Celsius.