Dhaka, Nov. 28 -- "Kuch Mitha Ho Jaye" - the tagline from a famous Indian advertisement of Dairy Milk chocolate, is also the name of an Indian film. However, this sentence has been close to the hearts of residents of the Indian sub-continent for a long time.

As for Bangladesh, from the simplest of happy moments to the biggest of festivals, people here are used to sharing happiness with mouth-watering sweetmeats.

Different regions of Bangladesh are famous for their varieties of traditional sweet items. For instance, Tangail has Chamcham, Manda of Muktagachha in Mymensingh district, Malaikari of Faridpur, Comilla's Rosh Malai, Jilapi, Bakorkhani, and Amrati of Dhaka, Bogura's Doi, Natore's Kanchgolla and so on.

Each region is historicall...