Ahasanul Islam emphasised that businesses should adopt a mentality of offering discounts and abandon the notion of viewing Ramadan as an opportunity for profit-making
Two sluice gates were recently set up on the Chaktai-Maheshkhali canal in Chattogram, bringing relief to the traders at Chaktai-Khatunganj commercial centre.
Trader turnout remained poor at Khatunganj’s wholesale hub for essential commodities while import cargo delivery low from the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage yesterday although it stopped raining in the last two days following incessant downpours since last Thursday.
Businesses in the Khatunganj, Chaktai and Asadganj areas of Chattogram have incurred huge losses as their warehouses and shops were flooded by rain and seawater during the high tidal surge caused by cyclone Sitrang on Monday.