Wedding Ceremony Goods Traders: Plight of wedding goods traders
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Thursday
July 24, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
Plight of wedding goods traders

Economy

Md Jahidul Islam
12 June, 2021, 12:00 pm
Last modified: 12 June, 2021, 01:44 pm

Related News

  • Greenpeace joins protests against gala Bezos wedding in Venice
  • Demi Lovato ties the knot with Jordan Lutes
  • 4 ex-members of Hasina's Cabinet seen together at London wedding of AL leader's son
  • One killed over loud music at wedding party in Natore
  • Singer Anuv Jain ties the knot with Hridi Narang

Plight of wedding goods traders

Traders said that sales have dropped by 80% compared to the pre-pandemic times

Md Jahidul Islam
12 June, 2021, 12:00 pm
Last modified: 12 June, 2021, 01:44 pm

Traders in wedding goods in Bangladesh have been having a hard time because of a slump in their business due to decline in weddings amid Covid-19 related restrictions.

The traders have said that sales have dropped by almost 80% as people are buying fewer goods than before since wedding ceremonies are carried out on a small scale domestically instead of the usual lavish arrangements in community centres or Chinese restaurants.

At the shops on Elephant Road – the largest wedding materials hub in the country – businessmen are spending time in idleness. They complain that the lockdown is proceeding on a nominal scale, but wedding ceremonies are under a ban and community centres remain shut.

On both sides of the road from Kataban intersection to Bata Signal intersection on Elephant Road, 63 shops, including 20 wholesale ones, sell items used in wedding and bridal reception ceremonies, such as sherwani, turban, punjabi, pyjamas, nagra, topor, bridal sari, jewellery, turmeric baskets, decorated winnowing fans, etc. Besides, wedding saris and cosmetics are sold in several shopping malls in the capital.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

AHM Mujibul Alam Rony, owner of Shanai, told The Business Standard that his daily sales used to be around Tk80,000 before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, but his earnings are at most Tk12,000 at present. On one hand, fewer customers come to the shop and, on the other hand, they look for low-priced products.

Md Delwar Hossain, a shopkeeper of the store Palki, told TBS, "Our sales have dropped by 80%. If wedding ceremonies are banned, why would people buy wedding items?"

Many traders have said that they worry if they will be able to carry on with this business through recouping the losses incurred during the 14-month closure.

Shopkeepers said that during large-scale ceremonies in the past, besides the bridegroom, his friends and families used to buy sherwani and other items. At present, a family buys only one or two baskets but they used to buy 15-20 baskets before the pandemic.

Nazma Khatun, who came to buy wedding items, told TBS that now weddings are being solemnised on a limited scale in domestic settings and so people are not spending too much.

The price of each sherwani varies from Tk5,000-Tk60,000, turban Tk600-5,500, nagra Tk400-2,500, small coat Tk2,000-Tk5,500, punjabi Tk1,500-6,000 and a set of baskets from Tk500-4,000. Wholesale prices amount to 20-40% less than retail prices.

Sherwani and turbans are also had on rent. Depending on the quality of fabric and design, the rent of a sherwani ranges from Tk1,500 to Tk9,000.

Zubaidal Hasan Sunny, manager of Chabighar, told TBS that the rent is a little higher when someone takes a dress outside Dhaka. Clothes taken on rent have to be returned within seven to 10 days. For renting a sherwani and turban, a customer has to deposit an extra amount.

He added that the number of wholesalers from different parts of the country has also declined and wholesales have dropped to almost zero.

Top News

Wedding / wedding industry / Wedding goods / Economic Impact of Coronavirus / Economic Effect of Covid-19

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Photo:UNB
    Bangladesh, US set for crucial online meeting tomorrow over tariff issue
  • What led to BB's dress code circular, will any action be taken against those involved?
    What led to BB's dress code circular, will any action be taken against those involved?
  • A crane removes debris from the BAF fighter jet that crashed into Milestone School and College on Monday, 21 July 2025. Photo: Olid Ibna Shah/TBS
    Milestone tragedy: 15-year-old succumbs to 85% burn injuries; death toll at 30

MOST VIEWED

  • Photo: Collected
    Bangladeshi man jailed for life in UK for murdering wife in front of their baby
  • Ctg port authority halts contractor recruitment for Kamalapur ICD operations for two months
    Ctg port authority halts contractor recruitment for Kamalapur ICD operations for two months
  • Fire at Cosmo School in Mirpur on 23 July 2025. Photo: TBS
    Fire breaks out at Cosmo School in Mirpur following generator explosion
  • Representational image. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
    Debate arises as edu adviser says postponed HSC exams of 22 and 24 July will be held on same day
  • BB issues dress code for all, discourages short-sleeved or length dresses, leggings for female staff
    BB issues dress code for all, discourages short-sleeved or length dresses, leggings for female staff
  • Infographics: TBS
    Stay orders won’t shield defaulters: BB governor 

Related News

  • Greenpeace joins protests against gala Bezos wedding in Venice
  • Demi Lovato ties the knot with Jordan Lutes
  • 4 ex-members of Hasina's Cabinet seen together at London wedding of AL leader's son
  • One killed over loud music at wedding party in Natore
  • Singer Anuv Jain ties the knot with Hridi Narang

Features

Photo: Collected

24 July: More than 1400 arrested, 3 missing coordinators found

15h | Panorama
Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Aggrieved nation left with questions as citizens rally to help at burn institute

1d | Panorama
Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Mourning turns into outrage as Milestone students seek truth and justice

1d | Panorama
Illustration: TBS

Uttara, Jatrabari, Savar and more: The killing fields that ran red with July martyrs’ blood

2d | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Remembering Shafin Ahmed

Remembering Shafin Ahmed

12m | Others
Gaza relief workers are being shot at

Gaza relief workers are being shot at

17m | TBS World
Decisions taken by the advisory council in the Milestone School plane crash

Decisions taken by the advisory council in the Milestone School plane crash

32m | TBS Today
Turkey has a dangerous hypersonic missile in its arsenal

Turkey has a dangerous hypersonic missile in its arsenal

1h | TBS World
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net