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9 businesses
Agriculture & farmingTapping date palms in winter and boiling the sap into gur. In the 2025-26 season granulated gur ran Tk 350-400 a kg and patali Tk 450-600, but the work lasts only three or four months a year and the gachhi who can climb are disappearing.
Agriculture & farmingThe 80-90 day crop that fits between the Aman harvest and Boro planting. Mustard seed averaged Tk 91.27 a kg wholesale nationally in August 2026, about Tk 3,651 a maund, and the government hands out Tk 550.50 worth of inputs per bigha.
Light manufacturing & workshopMaking children's toys from the offcuts a furniture workshop discards. Wooden craft items sold at BSCIC's fair between Tk 100 and Tk 3,000.
Agriculture & farmingLow cost, low disease, fruit within a year. Tk 2,500-3,000 a maund at the orchard, Tk 120-200 a kilo retail in Dhaka, and a season running January to April.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing rose, gerbera, gladiolus and marigold for the Godkhali or Gabtoli wholesale mokam. One bigha of roses costs about Tk 150,000, and the whole year's income turns on the price on a few festival days.
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.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing dragon fruit on posts. One to four lakh taka a bigha up front, first fruit about a year later, and a price that has fallen from Tk 500 to Tk 80-100 a kilo in Karwan Market.
Agriculture & farmingKeeping bees in boxes and harvesting honey. Honey runs Tk 650-1,200 a kg depending on the flower, but bottling under your own name needs BSTI certification with a Tk 7,500 test fee.
Food processingCrushing mustard seed for oil and cake. A maund of seed gives 16-19 litres of oil and 25 kg of cake; net of the cake a litre costs Tk 96-114 to make and sells loose at Tk 200.
