Wednesday, January 13, 2010

CONCLUSION


As we can see there are lots of shopping malls in our city but most of them is hard to afford for poor and middle class society in our country. There is always an argument that is this type of big shopping malls are really go with our country where a lot of people is still living under the poverty line. But lot of people says that this type of big shopping malls are entity for nation pride so this type of multystored is essential for our country. After all of this argument we can say that it is important for our country and it can represent us worldwide and it us also important for meet up tje demand of the country people.

EASTERN PLAZA


Eastern Plaza is the one of the first shopping malls in the city of Dhaka. It is a 10 storied shopping mall, the uppper floors are used as other business purposes. It is situated in Hatirpul. Its holiday is sunday. Eastern plaza is famous for mobile and jewelry for womens and also for leather items. It is also really popular among the womens for saree , saloar kamij, and for shoes.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Banarasi Polli


Banarashi and Jamdani are examples of the world finest Muslin cloth, which are of the proud of Bangladeshi heritage of weaving. Banarashi is an artistic, immaculately hand made sari cloth which is generally used for creating Bengali women’s wedding dresses, whereas the Jamdani is widely used by the elite classes for special event saris. Paradoxically this fine Bangladeshi cloth is hand woven by Pakistani refugees in Mirpur Geneva Camp. Initially there were no showrooms or shops for the weavers to sell direct to customers. They made and supplied materials for sale in different cloth shops throughout Dhaka City. Unfortunately they did not get a fair price for their work, which led the weavers to establish their own retail outlets. In 1980 Banarashi Polli began with five shops. Now there are more than 150 shops where 800 artists work directly.
Mirpur Banarashi Polli is the only Banarashi market in the country. Basically three types of sari cloth are on offer - Jamdani, Katan and silk. Jamdani is the finest, most artistic and aristocratic sari cloth, which carries the tradition of world famous muslin first created in Dhaka in the sixteenth century. Everyday many wholesale and retail customers come here from Dhaka and other parts of the country to purchase cloth. Businessmen also take orders for making Banarashi to the customer’s specific design and requirements. The price range for Banarashi is TK. 2000-70000 and depends of the design work and cloth quality. Banarashi is now exported to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and some other Asian countries.

Car Market


The number of cars and motorized vehicles is increasing rapidly in Bangladesh despite the lack of infrastructure. Car retailing has become an important sector in marketing. Kuril Bishwa Road, Gulshan, Kakrial and Dhanmondi, these four places are famous for car sales. Moreover, there one mobile Car Hut as well. There has been a dramatic increase in car sales in the past decade leading to major traffic congestion in Dhaka in particular. The demand for vehicles comes from the rich people who desire the luxurious new models of cars.
When looking the Dhaka at the traffic from any over-bridge one is confronted by a huge number car on the roads, which makes it difficult to believe Bangladesh is a developing country in which the majority of people are poor. The increased number of cars may be attributed to increased business activity and a high level of corruption that makes the country poorer. The centralized nature of power in Bangladesh also contributes to this situation. The power holding groups are the main clients of the car markets. On average 400-500 cars are sold each month in the car markets of Dhaka City. After Dhaka, the port city, Chittagong, is the second largest car market in Bangladesh. Friday is the official holiday of all car markets.
As the traffic jams of Dhaka increase due to the number of cars on the roads, congestion becomes a major issue for the city administration. However, the government is now thinking of an alternative transportation system for the city by introducing a modern train system, and generally increasing public transport. Unfortunately much of the blame for traffic congestion is placed on the shoulders of the rickshaw pullers. The World Bank and IMF have recommended that this ecofriendly vehicle be evicted from the main roads by declaring major roads as VIP (Very Important Person’s) roads. However, the present democratic government has chosen to impose a large tax on cars imported to control the growth of the industry. Compared to other countries the number of cars in Bangladesh is not a large but they have become a headache for most people using the roads of Dhaka.

Rajdani Super Market


Rajdhani Super Market is the best-known market for women fashion products of the Dhaka City. Mostly middle and lower middle class woman frequent it as all type products; household commodities and cooking utensils are available in the market.
Covering a huge area at Tikatoli the market was established by the Muktijudha Kolan Trust (Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust) under the Ministry of Muktijuddo (Freedom Fighters Welfare). Within this huge market there is a wide range of products available at reasonable prices, which attracts a large clientele.
There are 1200 shops were saris, fashion garments, shoes, clothe, dress design material, cosmetics and cooking utensils are available. Initially Indian-made products dominated this market but now it is the Chinese product that dominates along with locally made goods.
Based on the market tea stall idea, Bangla fast food restaurants have been established in the market area, As it is now Ramadan, they are hidden by cloth, but inside of the stall the people, particularly the younger generation who don’t fast, take food. Opening time for the market is 9.00 morning and it closes at 10.00 at night. Friday is the weekly holiday of Rajdhani Market.

Kawran Bazar


Kawran Bazaar is the biggest and most famous wholesale general market in Dhaka City. All kinds of vegetables, fish, rice and other commodities are supplied to the small markets from here. At the end of eighteenth century Kawran Singh, a Marwari merchant, first established the bazaar in the in Nineteenth Century. It was later was extended and developed into 1255 stores, of which 55 are owned by Dhaka City Corporation.
There is no holiday in the market, which operates a 24 hours a day but the early morning is the peak hour for the wholesale and fish markets. Starting at 12 A.M, all night the vegetables and goods come from around the country. Many trucks and pick-ups carry and bring commodities here from different places. The gathering of clients becomes concentrated in the early morning, around 4-7 O’clock, when the small markets open. As many clients watch movies during the nights, the restaurants of Kawran Bazaar are opens 24 hours, and sell delicious Bangla dishes. Comparatively the price of food in these restaurants is high. A residential hotel, tea-stalls, pan and cigarettes shops can be found at the bazaar.
Many prominent newspapers, TV stations, media centers, government agencies and multinational companies’ head offices are situated in the Kawran Bazaar area. The five star hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon is situated just nearby the bazaar.

Panthapath Furniture Market


Apartment, schools, colleges, offices and institutions in Dhaka are increasing to meet the needs of the rapidly the population of Dhaka City. To fulfill the need for house and interior decoration many furniture markets have been built in different parts of Dhaka city. Pantha Path Furniture Market is Dhaka’s biggest and most important furniture market.
The market is located just opposite Bashundhara City, which is Dhaka’s first mega shopping mall and spreads over a considerable distance of the Panthapath on the north side of the road. In this famous furniture market all kinds of wood, bamboo, cane, iron, plastic and steel furniture is available. Along with furniture made from foreign ships’ wood furniture (usually salvaged in Chittagong), well known Bangladesh branded ready made furniture is sold in this market.
Cots, elmiras, showcases, chairs, tables, sofas, almas and other local forms of local furniture are commonly produced in the shops of Pantha Path furniture market. School, college and office furniture is also supplied from this market according to order. Wednesday is the holyday of this market. 9 am to 8 pm are the official hours of the market.