Learned the trade in a Dhaka firm, came home, and now makes a crore taka of hogla goods a year

This entrepreneur from Fulbaria upazila in Mymensingh began working at a Dhaka handicraft firm while still in class nine, and in 2016 returned to his own village to start making hogla-leaf goods, so he already knew both the product and the buyers. The report says his unit now turns out roughly 1 crore taka of goods a year, within a local trade worth about 3 crore taka across five villages and more than 1,000 families. About 120 product types are made, and artisans are paid 35 to 200 taka a piece depending on the item. Raw materials are bought by the bundle, rope at 1,300-1,400 taka and leaves at 500-600. A woman in a nearby village weaves between household chores and earns 5,000-6,000 taka a month. The finished goods are sold on to exporters; another unit in the same area gives work to 250 families.