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144 businesses
Retail & wholesaleA shop selling phones, accessories and repairs. There is almost nothing in a handset — accessories and repair labour are what keep the shop open.
Retail & wholesaleA shop selling rod, cement and sanitary fittings. Rod is Tk 92,500-94,500 a tonne and up 10 percent in a year, but the bigger question is when the contractor's credit comes back.
Food processingBuying raw milk at Tk 45-55 a litre and turning it into curd and chhana. Yield per litre and spoilage decide whether it makes money.
Agriculture & farmingBuying milk from farmers and delivering it to chilling centres and shops. Farmers get Tk 35-50 a litre and plants pay Tk 48-58; that gap is the business.
Agriculture & farmingBuying cattle cheap, feeding them up and selling at the Qurbani market. About Tk 225 a day per animal, and at Qurbani 2026 one in four prepared animals did not sell.
Digital & B2B servicesTurning what you know into a course and selling seats. Near-zero capital, course prices Tk 1,250-8,800, but a new course's first batch enrols only 16-72 people.
Digital & B2B servicesInstalling and maintaining camera systems. Cameras are Tk 799-6,438 and recorders Tk 4,400-41,990, so cheap hardware has squeezed installation margins; the money is in annual maintenance contracts.
Food processingMaking sweets from chhana and selling them over a counter. Sweets run Tk 380-600 a kg and doi Tk 210-300 a litre, but milk is Tk 120-140 a litre, so the margin is the milk price.
Food processingGrinding and packing spices for sale. A BSTI CM licence is compulsory: lab testing alone is Tk 2,900-5,300 per product and the licence takes 19-94 working days.
Retail & wholesaleA retail shop for buckets, mugs, chairs, dinner sets and water tanks. The factory prints the selling price, but nobody publishes the dealer's commission.
Home & local servicesRenting out cars by the day or on monthly contract. In Dhaka a sedan is Tk 4,000 a day for 10 hours and 100 km and a Hiace Tk 5,500, but that is not profit once driver pay and depreciation are counted.
Light manufacturing & workshopCutting and welding mild steel into grills, railings, steel doors and gates. Plain MS grill is about Tk 160-220 per square foot, while MS rod has risen 10-17 percent in a year.
Light manufacturing & workshopCutting and fitting aluminium profile and glass into doors, windows and partitions. Ordinary work is about Tk 470-750 per square foot, and a wrong measurement cannot be returned.
Food processingBuying green bananas, ripening them in a controlled chamber and selling them on. Section 23 of the Food Safety Act names calcium carbide as prohibited and the offence is non-bailable; ethylene and ethephon are permitted within prescribed limits.
Agriculture & farmingBuying a harvester or reaper and hiring it out to farmers. In May 2026 the fixed rate in Katiadi was Tk 2,500 a bigha; a machine costs Tk 30-40 lakh and the subsidy has been suspended since June 2024.
Food processingFrying rice into muri. One kilo of rice gives 900 grams of muri and coarse rice costs Tk 50-55/kg, so machine muri keeps only Tk 4-6 a kilo while hand-fried pure muri wholesales at Tk 90.
Home & local servicesThe part carries little margin; the money is in the labour. The repairer who can work on a motherboard gets the other shops' sets too.
Retail & wholesaleThe neighbourhood everyday-goods shop. A few taka a kilo, so income depends on volume - and the shop usually dies when customer credit locks up the cash.
Agriculture & farmingThe Department of Fisheries measures pond yield at a national average of 4.96 tonnes per hectare: 12.72 in Mymensingh, 2.01 in Rangamati. The district decides the income.
Agriculture & farmingFeed alone is Tk 7.90-9.30 per egg and full production cost Tk 8.50-10. Through mid-2026 farmers were getting Tk 6-6.80, a loss on every egg.
Retail & wholesaleBuying, cutting and selling meat fresh daily. Dhaka beef is Tk 780-850/kg and mutton Tk 1,200-1,350/kg, and selling without the 'tested' seal now closes the shop.
Digital & B2B servicesDelivering online sellers' parcels to buyers. National volume is 350,000-400,000 parcels a day; market rates are Tk 55-70 inside Dhaka and Tk 135-150 outside.
Food processingA 300-500 sqft rice hotel. Cash comes in daily, but ingredients eat 35-50 percent of sales and six separate approvals are needed to open.
Agriculture & farmingWorms turn cow dung into organic fertiliser in 45 days. Nurseries and vegetable growers buy it.
