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80 businesses

Home & local services

Daycare centre

A centre caring for working parents' children through the day. Registration is compulsory under the 2021 Act: running one without it risks two years in jail or a Tk 5-10 lakh fine.

Capital
৳3 lakh – ৳12 lakh
People
3 – 12
First income
30 – 180 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
Retail & wholesale

Bale (gait) clothing trade

Buying imported used clothing by the sealed bale and selling it by the piece. A jacket bale is about Tk 15,000 and pieces retail at Tk 20-2,000, but the bale is bought without seeing inside.

Capital
৳50k – ৳4 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
7 – 30 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
Food processing

Banana ripening chamber

Buying green bananas, ripening them in a controlled chamber and selling them on. Section 23 of the Food Safety Act names calcium carbide as prohibited and the offence is non-bailable; ethylene and ethephon are permitted within prescribed limits.

Capital
৳2 lakh – ৳20 lakh
People
2 – 8
First income
30 – 90 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Goat fattening

Buying five to six month old khasi, feeding them up and selling at the Qurbani haat. In May 2026 Chattogram haats paid Tk 8,000-15,000 for small goats and Tk 40,000-50,000 for large ones; big crossbreeds went at Tk 700-800 a kilo.

Capital
৳30k – ৳2.5 lakh
People
1 – 3
First income
90 – 365 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
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