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22 businesses
Food processingMilk split into chhana, pressed into paneer. 8-10 kg of milk makes 1 kg of paneer, which sells at Tk 900-1,200 a kg - the whole business is the gap between the two prices.
Agriculture & farmingSold at the price the Cotton Development Board sets, Tk 3,900 a maund of seed cotton in 2025-26. At the national average yield of about 7.6 maunds a bigha that is roughly Tk 30,000 a bigha for six to seven months of land.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing seed, not vegetables. BADC's 2026-27 schedule prices bottle gourd seed at Tk 1,050 a kg, tomato at Tk 2,600 and hybrid tomato at Tk 26,000 — and selling it needs a seed dealer registration costing Tk 2,000.
Agriculture & farmingA single winter crop, sown mid-November and cut in March. The government bought wheat from farmers at Tk 36 a kg in the 2025 procurement, against a reported Tk 6,000-7,000 to grow one bigha.
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 processingGrowing and milling Sherpur's GI-registered aromatic paddy. Paddy is Tk 2,200-2,400 a maund and the rice sells online at Tk 145-150 a kilo - no higher than aromatic rice without a GI.
Agriculture & farmingDense fish farming in tanks. High output from a small space is possible, but in Thakurgaon one farmer put in Tk 4 lakh and sold only Tk 60,000 of fish.
Food processingBuying loose tea at auction, blending and packing it under your own brand. The 2026-27 Chattogram auction averages Tk 280.88 a kg while packet tea sells at Tk 428-650.
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.
Retail & wholesaleBuying river stone and sand and selling it into construction. A 100-cubic-foot tractor load costs Tk 8,000 at the Panchagarh pit head while Dhaka pays Tk 123-125 a cubic foot for local three-quarter stone, and the gap is freight and lease tolls.
Agriculture & farmingRearing silkworms on mulberry leaf for cocoons and silk yarn. The Sericulture Board supplies eggs, saplings, equipment and training free; its own rate for yarn is Tk 3,001-3,701 a kilo.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing tea on flat land, plucking green leaf and selling it to factories for cash. The fixed rate in March 2026 was Tk 28 a kg with the market at Tk 34-35, but up to 40 percent can be cut off the weight.
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.
Agriculture & farmingCage-reared quail. Laying starts in 35-45 days; an egg costs about Tk 1.20 to produce and sells wholesale at Tk 2.80-3.50. The market is narrow, and the bigger money is in selling chicks.
Agriculture & farmingMaking compost from cow dung and earthworms beside the cattle shed. Compost sells at Tk 10-13/kg against a cost of Tk 6-7, but the real income is selling breeding worms at Tk 2,000/kg.
Agriculture & farmingGrowing 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.
Agriculture & farmingFeed mills buy every kilo, so the buyer is fixed in advance. One bigha costs Tk 12,000-14,000 and yields 30-36 maunds, worth Tk 750-800 a maund wet and Tk 1,040-1,060 dried.
Retail & wholesaleBuying potatoes at harvest, storing them cold and selling later. Rent is capped at Tk 6.00/kg, but in 2026 a 60 kg sack cost Tk 1,150-1,300 and sold for Tk 800-870.
Agriculture & farmingKeeping bees in boxes and harvesting honey. Honey runs Tk 650-1,200 a kg depending on the flower, but bottling under your own name needs BSTI certification with a Tk 7,500 test fee.
Retail & wholesaleBuying 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.
