Rose growers across Savar in the central region of Bangladesh are enjoying good yields and sales of the flower amid the peak sales season this year, with prices having reached sky-high on New Year's Eve.
Numerous villages in various upazilas of the district, including Shyampur and Sadullapur, are affectionately known as Golapgram, or rose village, for being major producers of the flower. In fact, cultivation is so extensive in the region that some even call Savar a "Rose Kingdom."
However, local rose growers had to count huge losses due to the fallouts of Covid-19, while demand has remained low in subsequent years owing to ongoing inflationary pressure and political unrest.
But rose farmers found reason to smile yesterday as prices and demand for the flower shot up on the occasion of New Year's Eve, said Sree Babul Proshad, president of the Bangladesh Flower Society.
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