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58 businesses
Home & local servicesRenting rooms by the night. A one-star hotel pays Tk 42,000 in registration and licence fees before opening and must have at least 10 rooms; government motel room rates run Tk 900-4,500.
Retail & wholesaleA retail shop for creams, shampoo, face wash and make-up. At least 18 cosmetic categories are on BSTI's mandatory list, and uncertified or undocumented imported stock is the shopkeeper's liability.
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.
Home & local servicesServicing and repairing air conditioners and refrigerators at the customer's address. March to June is overloaded and winter is near dead, so annual maintenance contracts are what carry the year.
Home & local servicesA centre caring for working parents' children through the day. Registration is compulsory under the 2021 Act: running one without it risks two years in jail or a Tk 5-10 lakh fine.
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 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 fresh fish, sun-drying it for three to four days and selling shutki. December 2025 prices ran from poa at Tk 500-800 to rupchanda at Tk 1,800-2,500 a kilo; drying without insecticide is the condition for export.
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.
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.
