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110 businesses
Light manufacturing & workshopHand-weaving mats from murta strips. In Jhalokathi one mat takes four to five days and sells for Tk 1,000-3,500, and the GI certificate has not raised that price; the weaver is still tied to the mahajan's advance.
Agriculture & farmingCanal-side guava orchards selling at the Bhimruli floating market. A maund fetched Tk 1,000-1,200 in 2026, but a ten-bigha orchard was yielding three to five maunds a day instead of ten, and with no cold store the rest rots.
Light manufacturing & workshopSplitting bamboo and cane into kula, baskets, cages and tourist crafts. A good bamboo costs Tk 400-500 and makes 15-20 kula in five days; a poultry cage earns the maker Tk 180 and the shopkeeper sells it at Tk 200.
Agriculture & farmingCashew and coffee orchards on hill land. Farmers get Tk 180-200 a kg for raw cashew and Tk 350-400 for raw coffee, but the first crop comes three to four years after planting for coffee and four to five for cashew.
Light manufacturing & workshopSequin, bead and zari handwork on sarees and three-pieces, done at home. The mohajon supplies every material; the piece rate is Tk 700-800 a saree and one saree takes at least fifteen days.
Light manufacturing & workshopMaking batik and tie-dye sarees and three-pieces at home with wax and dye on cotton. Cumilla shops sell batik sarees from Tk 500 to Tk 1,700, and one karigar can finish about ten sarees a day.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing groundnut, maize and pumpkin on river chars. The land is close to free: Tk 16,000 on 25 decimals returned Tk 26,400, and an acre costs Tk 65,000 to return about Tk 137,000.
Agriculture & farmingLeasing someone else's mango orchard for one or more seasons and selling the fruit. One Sokhipur orchard costs about Tk 833 per tree per year to lease; wholesale from the orchard runs Tk 1,320 to Tk 7,700 a maund.
Agriculture & farmingRearing silkworms on mulberry leaf for cocoons and silk yarn. The Sericulture Board supplies eggs, saplings, equipment and training free; its own rate for yarn is Tk 3,001-3,701 a kilo.
Agriculture & farmingLemon and pineapple orchards on hill slopes and fallow land. A hali of lemons is Tk 20-30 in Dhaka in September and Tk 100-120 in Ramadan; Madhupur pineapple is Tk 20-25 each wholesale.
Digital & B2B servicesSelling online without holding stock, shipping by courier and collecting cash on delivery. Courier is Tk 60-180 plus 1 percent COD, and a returned parcel adds 50 percent of the delivery charge - which is where the profit goes.
Digital & B2B servicesDesigning and selling logos, banners and packaging. Training is nearly free so competition is fierce; overseas work loses 5-8 percent to gateways and conversion, offset by a 2.5 percent cash incentive.
Digital & B2B servicesMaking videos for YouTube and earning from ads. Creators get 55 percent of long-form ad revenue and 45 percent on Shorts; entry needs 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours, and both thresholds are doubling.
Agriculture & farmingSowing soybean in December-January on land left free after aman and harvesting in May. Lakshmipur grows 70-80 percent of the national crop, and oil and feed mills are the guaranteed buyer.
Agriculture & farmingBuilding beds of water hyacinth and algae on open water to raise vegetable seedlings. No land and no irrigation needed. In Nazirpur a bed costs Tk 11,000 to build against an expected Tk 20,000 of seedling sales.
Light manufacturing & workshopHand-embroidered layered quilts. In Jamalpur one kantha costs Tk 1,600-1,800 including wages, goes to Dhaka wholesalers at Tk 2,000, and sells in Dhaka shops for Tk 4,000-5,000.
Agriculture & farmingSetting eggs in an incubator and selling day-old chicks to farmers. Ducklings cost Tk 30-35 and sell at Tk 72-75, but chicken chick prices swing from Tk 25 to Tk 85 and back to Tk 5 within months.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing plants in pots on the roof and selling seedlings. A small plant is Tk 50 while cactus and ferns reach Tk 1,200-5,000, and the pot, soil and fertiliser carry more money than the plant itself.
Agriculture & farmingRearing pigeons on a roof or in a yard with no land at all. A pair sells for Tk 500-5,000 at Bhojeshwar hat, and one Jashore farmer's 400 birds cost Tk 20,000 a month to keep against Tk 30,000-35,000 of sales.
Light manufacturing & workshopDrying water hyacinth and weaving it into trays, baskets and doormats. In Jhenaidah 800 women do this at home at Tk 20 a piece, 12-15 pieces a day, about Tk 3,000 a month, and the goods go to 82 countries.
Home & local servicesTeaching sewing and handicraft on a few machines at home. The fee comes at the start of the course, but the government runs six-month trade courses for Tk 300-1,000, and that is the price to beat.
Home & local servicesTeaching at the student's home or in your own room for a monthly fee per student, with almost no capital. More than three-quarters of Bangladeshi students use a private tutor or coaching centre.
Food processingCooking pickles, pitha and meals at home and selling them through a Facebook page. A jar of pickle sells for Tk 150-465, and the 2026 food safety rules now require packaged-food registration at Tk 1,000 for three years.
Digital & B2B servicesBuilding and running websites for local clients. A simple site is Tk 8,000-15,000, e-commerce Tk 16,000-25,000, with maintenance at Tk 3,000-8,000 a month.
