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6 businesses

Agriculture & farming

Bamboo cultivation

Planting bamboo clumps and cutting culms year after year. Nothing can be cut for the first 3-4 years after planting; after that a culm fetches Tk 100-250 in the village and Tk 125-350 wholesale at the market.

Capital
৳15k – ৳3 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
1,095 – 2,920 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Jute farming

Sown in March-April, cut and retted in July-August. National average wholesale in August 2026 was Tk 98.75 a kg for white jute (Tk 3,950 a maund) and Tk 91.84 for tossa (Tk 3,673), against a production cost of Tk 2,600-3,200 a maund.

Capital
৳24k – ৳1.5 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
120 – 150 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Mussel and pearl culture

Seeding pond mussels to grow pearls in seven to eleven months. Grade A pearls sell wholesale at Tk 500-600, but there is no regular buyer - and that is the main risk.

Capital
৳30k – ৳1.5 lakh
People
1 – 6
First income
210 – 330 days
Practitioner verified
Light manufacturing & workshop

Rope and twine making

Twisting jute fibre into rope and twine. In September 2026 raw jute was about Tk 86-99 a kilo while finished twine listed online at Tk 390 a kilo - that gap is the business.

Capital
৳40k – ৳6 lakh
People
2 – 15
First income
15 – 60 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Flower farming and florist

Growing 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.

Capital
৳1.2 lakh – ৳3.5 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
60 – 90 days
Market quote
Agriculture & farming

Shrimp farming (gher)

Farming bagda and golda in embanked saline ponds. Fry has gone from Tk 1,300-1,700 to about Tk 3,000 per thousand this season and southern hatcheries have fallen from 78 to 37.

Capital
৳1.5 lakh – ৳6 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
90 – 150 days
Editorial estimate