Dhaka, March 14 -- With Eid around the corner, tailors at Chattogram's Khalifa Patti are working on large collections of the Indian outfit "parsi", along with their regular three-piece salwar kameez. But compared to other years, there seems to be less demand.

Factory worker Md Fahad said, "Usually buyers would shop here till late at night, but that has changed this year."

The Khalifa Patti, next to Andarkilla in Chattogram city, is home to hundreds of small factories. The majority of the factories produce clothing of their own designs, with a heavy influence from trends in Indian and Pakistani fashion.

The majority of Khalifa Patti's clients are traders from clothing stores. The garments produced here go on sale in both large and small...