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A shutki venture run by a group of friends in Cox's Bazar, as reported by The Business Standard
Food processingCox's Bazar
In 2019 a group of friends in Cox's Bazar began making hygienic shutki in an electric dryer; energy costs kept them from matching open-air producers on price, and they stopped in 2023.
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The owner of a dental care in Hajiganj bazar, in a Chandpur Times report
Home & local servicesChandpur
A dental care in Hajiganj bazar, Chandpur, kept running in the name of its dead dentist, with his widow and college-going son seeing patients. It was sealed and fined Tk 20,000.
Ten deed writers at the Chakaria sub-registry office, Cox's Bazar, in a Dainik Azadi report
Digital & B2B servicesCox's Bazar
In 2024 the Chakaria sub-registry office in Cox's Bazar cancelled the licences of 10 deed writers, barred them from the premises and told the public not to use them.
An e-commerce delivery company founded by four entrepreneurs in 2016, in a Business Standard report
Digital & B2B servicesDhaka
A delivery firm founded in 2016 expanded to 200 hubs counting on promised funding, cut outside-Dhaka rates to Tk 75–85 and relied on one big marketplace; when the money did not come it halted in 2023.
A cashew processing plant owner in Ishwardi, Pabna, as reported by The Daily Star
Food processingPabna
A cashew processor in Ishwardi, Pabna, with 250 kg/day capacity had to stop production two months after opening because he could not find raw nuts; with limited capital he could not stock a year's supply.
A shutki yard owner in Ullapara, Sirajganj, as reported by Prothom Alo
Food processingSirajganj
A freshwater shutki producer at Chalan Beel kept his yard running into Boishakh on money borrowed from a village lender; when exports to India stalled and prices halved, he took a heavy loss and cut his workers from 30–40 to 12.
The operator of a dental clinic in Halishahar, Chattogram, in a Prothom Alo report
Home & local servicesChattogram
A man ran a dental clinic in Halishahar, Chattogram, with no degree and no BMDC registration. A mobile court jailed him for six months and fined him Tk 1 lakh.
A Sadarghat boatman who manages an owner's 34 boats, in a Samakal report
Digital & B2B servicesDhaka
A boatman who manages an owner's 34 boats at Sadarghat says only 10–12 are hired a day even at the height of the monsoon, as bridges have cut river crossings.
A banana grower from Kusharmuri village, Badalgachhi, Naogaon, in an Amar Desh report
Agriculture & farmingNaogaon
A banana grower in Badalgachhi, Naogaon expanded to six bighas after good prices the year before; a nor'wester and hail broke over half his plants one to two weeks before sale, costing Tk 2.5 lakh.
An expatriate worker from Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, who planted a coconut orchard, in a Bangla Tribune report
Agriculture & farmingJhenaidah
A Kaliganj, Jhenaidah man inspired by videos while working in Saudi Arabia bought 40 Vietnamese dwarf coconut seedlings at Tk 600 each; with no fruit after four years he went back abroad.
An agarwood planter in Kaptai National Park, a tea-seller by trade, in a Mongabay report
Agriculture & farmingRangamati
A Forest Department beneficiary who planted agarwood in Kaptai National Park, Rangamati, has not sold a tree in 18 years. Storms and fires killed most trees, and the only offer was Tk 20,000 per tree.
Betel-leaf growers in Mohanpur, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Building a one-bigha boroj costs about 1 lakh taka and another lakh a year to keep, but small leaf sells at 10-25 taka a bira and growers say 35 is where the cost is covered.