It was around 2pm yesterday. Md Faruq, an operator of Taj Mike and Sound Service at Katabon University market, was taking a nap putting his head on the table to pass his idle time as his business is going through a very bad time when he shouldn’t have any moment to waste at the fag end of the national election campaign.
He finally woke up as the correspondent knocked the door. As soon as he woke up, he questioned: Sir, do you need any mike and sound service? The operator became hopeless and annoyed as the negative answer could not make him happy in the wake of his continued dull business.
As asked about his business situation on the occasion of 10th parliament election, frustrated Faruq told the Dhaka Tribune “There has been no business at all as most of candidates have been elected unopposed elected.’
“We had to receive orders for mikes and sound services all most every day during the last general elections held in 2008, but this year, we have hardly received any order from any clients since the declaration election schedule , said Faruq.
He also said all kinds of programmes excepting government or ruling party’s ones are not being allowed to hold, which also enhanced the sufferings of this business. Despite, we had some orders but most of them were cancelled at the eleventh hour as the authorities concern did not allowed the clients to hold the schedule programme, he added.
Habib Sound Service and Tarongo Sound Service of the area also suffering the same in their business as like as Taj Mike and Sound Service.