IslamAn imam, a nutritionist and a doctor in Dubai advise easing into Ramadan with small changes to prayer, meal times, sleep and exercise over the coming weeks rather than changing everything on the first day.
Imported fruit prices in Manikganj have started to ease after two weeks of Ramadan highs but remain beyond most buyers.
FruitsThe price of Zahedi dates rose at Chattogram's Fruitmandi market in February 2026; traders blamed a Bangladesh-bound container ship that sank off Phuket, while most other dates were cheaper than a year earlier.
With plenty of supply at the start of Ramadan, watermelons are selling for Tk 45 to 60 a kg in Dhaka, and sellers say prices are lower than in other years.
Chattogram City Corporation and Bangladesh Bank will work together to make transactions at two sacrificial animal markets in the city cashless this year.
Experts say mood changes during Ramadan stem mainly from changes in eating habits and sleep, and suggest tips to avoid irritability while fasting.
Trawler-loads of watermelons have begun arriving in Chandpur at the start of Chaitra, but supply is short of Ramadan demand and prices are high.
Experts forecast that Ramadan will begin in April 2022 and Eid ul-Fitr will be celebrated in May, subject to the sighting of the moon.
