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7 businesses

Light manufacturing & workshop

Battery reconditioning

Bringing weak lead-acid batteries back with electrolyte correction and slow charging. Breaking batteries open and smelting the lead is a completely different trade - an offence without Department of Environment clearance, and only 7 of about 1,100 such operations in the country hold one.

Capital
৳50k – ৳4 lakh
People
1 – 5
First income
15 – 60 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Char land farming and groundnut

Growing groundnut, maize and pumpkin on river chars. The land is close to free: Tk 16,000 on 25 decimals returned Tk 26,400, and an acre costs Tk 65,000 to return about Tk 137,000.

Capital
৳16k – ৳65k
People
1 – 5
First income
100 – 120 days
Market quote
Home & local services

Ambulance service

Renting out a vehicle to carry patients and bodies. There is no national fare list; CMCH's fixed rates run from Tk 1,144 to Tk 5,785.

Capital
৳7 lakh – ৳30 lakh
People
1 – 3
First income
30 – 90 days
Editorial estimate
Agriculture & farming

Pigeon and bird rearing

Rearing pigeons on a roof or in a yard with no land at all. A pair sells for Tk 500-5,000 at Bhojeshwar hat, and one Jashore farmer's 400 birds cost Tk 20,000 a month to keep against Tk 30,000-35,000 of sales.

Capital
৳15k – ৳1.5 lakh
People
1 – 2
First income
45 – 75 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Tea stall and small cafe

About 250 cups come out of a kilo of tea leaf, and a cup sells for Tk 5-30. Tk 20,000 buys a stove, a cylinder, cups and a week of stock - not a shop deposit and not a fridge.

Capital
৳20k – ৳1.5 lakh
People
1 – 3
First income
7 – 30 days
Editorial estimate
Food processing

Small bakery

Making bread, biscuits and cake and supplying local shops. A sack of flour went from Tk 2,300 to Tk 3,100 in a year, and BFSA registration at Tk 1,000 is compulsory.

Capital
৳2.5 lakh – ৳20 lakh
People
3 – 20
First income
30 – 90 days
Editorial estimate
Light manufacturing & workshop

Concrete block making

Making and selling cement-sand-chip blocks. A hollow block sells for Tk 32-50 and replaces five bricks. The deadline for 100 percent block use in government work expired in June 2025 and was missed.

Capital
৳12 lakh – ৳45 lakh
People
3 – 12
First income
30 – 90 days
Market quote