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141 businesses

Digital & B2B services

Travel agency

Tickets, visas and hajj-umrah packages. Ministry registration costs Tk 62,500, renewal Tk 25,000 every three years, and the 2026 ordinance requires a Tk 10 lakh bank guarantee.

Capital
৳12 lakh – ৳25 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
45 – 120 days
Editorial estimate
Retail & wholesale

Cosmetics shop

A 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.

Capital
৳2 lakh – ৳15 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
15 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Digital & B2B services

CCTV installation and maintenance

Installing 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.

Capital
৳80k – ৳6 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
7 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Home & local services

AC and refrigerator servicing

Servicing 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.

Capital
৳60k – ৳4 lakh
People
1 – 6
First income
7 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Sweet shop

Making 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.

Capital
৳1.5 lakh – ৳9 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
14 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Retail & wholesale

Plastic and household goods shop

A retail shop for buckets, mugs, chairs, dinner sets and water tanks. The factory prints the selling price, but nobody publishes the dealer's commission.

Capital
৳2 lakh – ৳9 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
15 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Home & local services

Car rental service

Renting 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.

Capital
৳6 lakh – ৳35 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
15 – 60 days
Editorial estimate
Light manufacturing & workshop

Welding and grill workshop

Cutting 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.

Capital
৳1.2 lakh – ৳6 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
21 – 60 days
Editorial estimate
Light manufacturing & workshop

Thai glass and aluminium fitting

Cutting 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.

Capital
৳1.5 lakh – ৳6 lakh
People
2 – 6
First income
20 – 60 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Puffed rice (muri) making

Frying 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.

Capital
৳20k – ৳2 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
7 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Home & local services

Mobile phone servicing

The part carries little margin; the money is in the labour. The repairer who can work on a motherboard gets the other shops' sets too.

Capital
৳40k – ৳2.5 lakh
People
1 – 3
First income
7 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Digital & B2B services

F-commerce page selling

A parcel outside Dhaka costs Tk 135-150 in courier charge plus 1 percent COD. A refused parcel costs both legs. The return rate is the number that decides this business.

Capital
৳15k – ৳2 lakh
People
1 – 3
First income
3 – 21 days
Editorial estimate
Retail & wholesale

Grocery shop

The 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.

Capital
৳80k – ৳5 lakh
People
1 – 3
First income
10 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Pond fish farming

The 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.

Capital
৳1 lakh – ৳6 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
240 – 365 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Layer poultry farm for eggs

Feed 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.

Capital
৳3 lakh – ৳15 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
126 – 140 days
Editorial estimate
Digital & B2B services

Mobile financial services agent

Agent commission is about Tk 4 per Tk 1,000 moved. Earning Tk 30,000 a month means pushing roughly Tk 73 lakh a month across the counter.

Capital
৳50k – ৳3.5 lakh
People
1 – 2
First income
15 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Retail & wholesale

Meat retail shop

Buying, 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.

Capital
৳1.2 lakh – ৳5 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
15 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Digital & B2B services

Parcel delivery agency

Delivering 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.

Capital
৳1.5 lakh – ৳6 lakh
People
2 – 10
First income
7 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Small restaurant

A 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.

Capital
৳3 lakh – ৳6 lakh
People
3 – 8
First income
60 – 120 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Corporate meal delivery

Daily cooked meals delivered to offices on contract. Dhaka breakfast sells from Tk 40 and lunch packages from Tk 85 to Tk 150, but the office pays at month end.

Capital
৳45k – ৳1.8 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
15 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Home & local services

Home tailoring

One machine, neighbourhood orders. Work triples in the two months before Eid.

Capital
৳25k – ৳40k
People
1
First income
14 – 28 days
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