Dhaka, April 3 -- Many shops in Dhaka's Jatrabari wholesale market remained shuttered on the third day of Eid, with street vendors absent from alleys and only a few stalls open. Most of these shops offered limited quantities of fish and vegetables.

Retailers from Jatrabari, Shanir Akhra, and Kajla said the market slowdown is due to the ongoing Eid holidays. Since most retail traders have not returned to Dhaka yet, wholesalers are holding off on fresh supplies. What little produce is available combines new stock with leftover items, and prices remain the same as before Eid.

"Sales always dip in the week after Eid," said Abul Hossain, a vegetable wholesaler in Jatrabari.

"Most people have gone home. Eid is all about meat and biryani -- o...