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145 businesses
Digital & B2B servicesDesigning and selling logos, banners and packaging. Training is nearly free so competition is fierce; overseas work loses 5-8 percent to gateways and conversion, offset by a 2.5 percent cash incentive.
Digital & B2B servicesMaking videos for YouTube and earning from ads. Creators get 55 percent of long-form ad revenue and 45 percent on Shorts; entry needs 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours, and both thresholds are doubling.
Home & local servicesDecorating gates, stages, lighting and rooms for weddings and events. Bookings come with 50-70 percent in advance, so the money arrives before the work.
Home & local servicesA centre rehabilitating stroke, accident and pain patients through exercise and therapy machines. Running one without Rehabilitation Council approval carries two years' jail or a Tk 200,000 fine.
Home & local servicesRenting a floor, installing machines and taking members on a monthly or yearly fee. The money comes up front while the costs run all year, and retention decides everything.
Home & local servicesRenting 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.
Home & local servicesBuying an autorickshaw and letting it to a driver for a fixed daily jama. BRTA's fixed jama is Tk 900; Tk 1,000-1,200 is actually taken, and up to Tk 1,800 across two shifts.
Retail & wholesaleBuying betel nut from households and selling at the hat, or soaking and drying it to sell later. In Lakshmipur in October 2025 a kaun fetched Tk 2,500-2,800 and a pon Tk 150-250.
Light manufacturing & workshopSoaking and boiling agarwood to draw off fragrant attar. Barlekha's Sujanagar has about 250 units, attar sells at Tk 6,000-10,000 a tola by grade, and nearly all of it is exported.
Home & local servicesBuying mics, sound boxes and lights and hiring them out by the day. A one-day mic hire with vehicle was Tk 1,200 in Bhermara, of which Tk 500 is the equipment. Written permission is now required under the 2025 noise rules.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing plants in pots on the roof and selling seedlings. A small plant is Tk 50 while cactus and ferns reach Tk 1,200-5,000, and the pot, soil and fertiliser carry more money than the plant itself.
Home & local servicesTeaching sewing and handicraft on a few machines at home. The fee comes at the start of the course, but the government runs six-month trade courses for Tk 300-1,000, and that is the price to beat.
Home & local servicesTeaching at the student's home or in your own room for a monthly fee per student, with almost no capital. More than three-quarters of Bangladeshi students use a private tutor or coaching centre.
Food processingCooking pickles, pitha and meals at home and selling them through a Facebook page. A jar of pickle sells for Tk 150-465, and the 2026 food safety rules now require packaged-food registration at Tk 1,000 for three years.
Digital & B2B servicesBuilding and running websites for local clients. A simple site is Tk 8,000-15,000, e-commerce Tk 16,000-25,000, with maintenance at Tk 3,000-8,000 a month.
Home & local servicesSmall repairs at home - fans, wiring, taps and pipes, furniture. A job on a platform runs Tk 300-805, but the platform's commission rate can go up to 30 percent.
Home & local servicesControlling insects and rodents in homes, restaurants and warehouses. Annual contracts make the income predictable, and the work is illegal without a licence.
Digital & B2B servicesA licensed agency sending workers abroad. A new licence needs a Tk 35 lakh security deposit plus about Tk 4 lakh in fees, and doing this work without a licence carries up to five years in jail.
Digital & B2B servicesArranging appointments, visas, tickets and stay for patients travelling abroad for treatment. There is no separate licence, but a travel agency registration certificate is required, valid three years.
Light manufacturing & workshopProject work designing and building out flats, offices and shops. Materials are bought up front while payment comes in stages, so unpaid balances are the main risk.
Light manufacturing & workshopTurning a manuscript into a printed book and getting it to market. White writing paper is Tk 34-40 per dista, and keeping a press requires a declaration before the District Magistrate.
Home & local servicesA centre for blood tests, X-ray and ultrasonogram. It needs a DGHS licence, with an annual fee of Tk 15,000-50,000 by category and location.
Retail & wholesaleA DGDA-accredited pharmacy. 300 sq ft, air-conditioning, a pharmacy-grade fridge and a Grade A pharmacist are compulsory; the drug licence runs two years.
Light manufacturing & workshopSmall-workshop candle and soap making on low capital. Soap is on BSTI's mandatory certification list and cannot be sold without a CM licence; candles are not on the list.
