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115 businesses
Agriculture & farmingTwo crops in one year, muri-kata and hali. Local onion averaged Tk 41.82 a kg wholesale nationally in August 2026, but at harvest farmers got Tk 700-1,100 a maund against a cost of Tk 1,400-1,600.
Agriculture & farmingPlanted in winter, lifted in February-March. National average wholesale in August 2026 was Tk 29.80/kg for local potato and Tk 20.53-20.71 for Holland varieties, but at harvest the field price fell to Tk 3-7; cold storage rent is now Tk 6 a kg.
Food processingA small shop selling burgers, sandwiches, rolls and fries. Lower capital than a restaurant, but exactly the same licence stack - trade, food safety, fire, environment and VAT.
Home & local servicesRepairing wristwatches and wall clocks. The national watch market is over Tk 300 crore, but Patuatuli sells watches from Tk 30, so cheap watches are never repaired.
Digital & B2B servicesTyping and list work from home. Easy to enter, very low starting pay - one named freelancer's first month was USD 13, and reaching a lakh a month took four years.
Food processingSelling kacchi, tehari and morog polao by the plate. Almost the entire cost is meat - the raw material in one pot of shahi mutton kacchi is Tk 13,265-15,054.
Retail & wholesaleRetailing bats, balls, jerseys and rackets. Children's bats Tk 109-511, English willow Tk 2,250-3,190, footballs Tk 484-1,200. Demand follows schools, clubs and the tournament season.
Home & local servicesStitching, soling and polishing shoes. A polish is Tk 30 in Sylhet with Tk 400-500 on an average day; one launch-based repairer takes Tk 700 some days and under Tk 200 on others.
Agriculture & farmingRearing sheep on open grazing in fields and chars. Before Qurbani 2026 one Joypurhat farmer sold 26 sheep for Tk 2,30,000, about Tk 8,800 each.
Light manufacturing & workshopMaking clay pots, planters and terracotta showpieces. Bijoypur's work is exported, but with no gas the kilns run on firewood and part of the output is spoiled.
Home & local servicesHenna design and bridal styling for weddings, gaye holud and Eid. In Dhaka festival mehendi is Tk 1,225-1,625 and bridal Tk 3,900-5,525 per person.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing basok, kalomegh, tulsi and arjun. The buyers are medicine companies, so the price is set by contract or tender: a bigha of kalomegh costs Tk 15,000, yields 20-22 maunds and sells at Tk 2,400 a maund.
Home & local servicesCutting keys, mending locks and opening jammed doors. A key is Tk 25-200 and a house call Tk 250-500; a good day brings a thousand, a bad day nothing.
Light manufacturing & workshopA factory making vests, socks and sweaters from jhut cloth. Pabna has about a thousand units making 180-200 million pieces a year, but with the land route to India closed 65 percent of the workers are idle.
Food processingBaking cakes, pastries and cupcakes for the counter and to order. The display case carries the spoilage risk; the decorated order cakes carry the margin.
Agriculture & farmingCutting aloe leaves and selling them to companies. About Tk 50,000 a bigha to grow and Tk 1.5-2.5 lakh of leaves, but the only buyers are a few pharmaceutical and juice companies.
Light manufacturing & workshopCasting concrete posts and pillars in moulds. It shares a mixer with concrete block making, and the rising price of rod and cement is the main risk.
Food processingBuying winter tomatoes and cooking them into bottled sauce and ketchup. Sauce sells at Tk 320-430 a kg, and the BSTI sample test alone is Tk 11,100 for ketchup and Tk 12,200 for sauce.
Light manufacturing & workshopLaying tiles and marble on floors, walls and bathrooms. Tiles run Tk 55-170 a piece and the statutory minimum for a tile man is Tk 1,105 a day in town, the highest on any site.
Agriculture & farmingPlanted in December, sold April to June. Tk 70,000-80,000 a bigha, 300-400 maunds of fruit, Tk 1,000-1,800 a maund, and Tk 3-4 crore a day changing hands at Gabura Bazar in Dinajpur.
Agriculture & farmingA winter crop fruiting in 72-75 days at Tk 400-1,000 a kilo, but about Tk 4 lakh goes into just 30 decimals and the fruit keeps only two or three days.
Light manufacturing & workshopContracting the labour of brickwork, casting and finishing. Dhaka construction runs Tk 1,800-3,000 per square foot of plinth area, and the statutory minimum for a mason is Tk 940 a day in town.
Agriculture & farmingOrchards of green malta and orange. National output went from 17,000 to 84,000 tonnes in six years, and local malta in Dhaka has fallen to Tk 80-120 a kilo.
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.
