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31 businesses

Agriculture & farming

Fodder grass cultivation

Growing napier fodder for cattle farms. One planting yields for four to five years with four to six cuts a year, and surplus grass off one bigha brings Tk 30,000-35,000 extra a year.

Capital
৳10k – ৳50k
People
1 – 3
First income
50 – 70 days
Editorial estimate
Light manufacturing & workshop

Handloom and jamdani weaving

Hand-woven sarees on a wooden loom. Sarees sell from Tk 1,500 to Tk 300,000 while a weaver earns about Tk 4,590 a month, because the margin stays with the mahajan.

Capital
৳60k – ৳4 lakh
People
2 – 10
First income
7 – 180 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Yogurt and chhana making

Buying 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.

Capital
৳80k – ৳4.5 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
14 – 45 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Milk collection and supply

Buying 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.

Capital
৳50k – ৳4 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
7 – 21 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Cattle fattening

Buying 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.

Capital
৳1.5 lakh – ৳8 lakh
People
1 – 4
First income
120 – 365 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
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