Lokma

About

Lokma is an Asian fusion restaurant and coffee shop serving a range of foreign dishes on Shahid Abdul Jabbar Road in the Jaleshwaritala area of Bogura town, recently opened by entrepreneur Israt Jahan. Her husband Moinul Islam Swapan and her doctor son Rownak Ibne Moin help run it, and she is working to open a branch of Lokma in New York, to be looked after by her daughter Nusrat Hasnat who lives there. Israt began learning to cook from recipes in Prothom Alo's 'Naksha' supplement, organised a cooking workshop in Bogura on the advice of chef Rahima Sultana, and later ran regular cooking courses with 70 to 100 students per batch. On the same road she also runs Sukanya Fashion House, Sukanya Beauty and Spa and Sukanya Gents Blue Salon and Spa; together her businesses employ about 150 people directly and indirectly. She came second in the sweet category of the PRAN-Prothom Alo national pickle competition in 2005 and was first runner-up at regional level in the Rupchanda cooking competition in 2016. Israt is a member of the Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Products and services

• Asian fusion dishes

  A range of foreign dishes

• Coffee

Address and hours

To learn or to work here

• Visitors welcome