Dhaka, June 14 -- 19 infections has begun to rise once again in Bangladesh, the prices of face masks has doubled in the wholesale market, driven by opportunistic traders seeking to cash in on its growing demand.

A visit to several wholesale mask shops in Babubazar, Dhaka, revealed that the resurgence in coronavirus cases has significantly increased the demand for masks, prompting crowds of retail traders to flock to the area in hopes of securing stock at reasonable prices.

Though they expected to find masks at low prices, they were met with quite the opposite - each box of surgical masks is now being sold at nearly double the previous rate.

Mithu, who runs a mask business near Shahjahanpur Railway Station, said until recently, he was b...