Haircut and beard for 30 taka: a roadside barber takes 250-300 a day

This barber in Santhia upazila, Pabna learned the trade from his father and has worked as a mobile barber for more than 35 years. He carries his tools to roadsides and, on haat days, to the market square, seating customers on a brick or a wooden stool. A haircut is 20 taka and a beard trim 10, roughly half what a fixed salon charges, and the low price is exactly why customers come. The day brings 250-300 taka, and six people live on it. Having no rent keeps the risk low, but having no shop also removes any leverage to raise prices. Most barbers of his generation, he says, have either left the trade or moved into modern salons.