Bangladesh, Jan. 18 -- Winter has many a treat for the Dhakaites. One of them is the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) where a pleasure outing gets happily blended with commercial interests. People -- mostly families -- often in their best of attire visit the venue in their droves and feast their eyes on the commodities in pavilions either local or foreign. Yes, some companies from abroad have made it a regular representation like annual pilgrimage. The only difference is that they have explored a market here of their products or produces. They have found that the utensils, chinaware, shawls, carpets and even spices they bring here for sale enjoy a high demand.
For the past few years, the weather was fine with no gnawing cold. Even a d...