Dhaka, April 13 -- Chattogram clothing markets are usually abuzz with customers before the start of Ramadan every year. However, the situation is very different this year with traders bracing for big losses in an unprecedented turn of events.

Teri Bazar is the largest wholesale clothing market in Chattogram. Eid sales are the market's life blood, according to traders.

"The bulk of the profit is generated during Ramadan and the month before that in Teri Bazar. It will be very difficult for us to compensate for the losses this time," Humayun Kabir Manik, the head of the establishment, told bdnews24.com.

Workers are getting paid even though the market is closed, according to Humayun. A lot of the money generated by the market goes towards...