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Founder of a long-running Chattogram travel agency, as reported by The Business Standard
Digital & B2B servicesChattogram
A Chattogram entrepreneur opened a travel agency in one small room in 1982 and got his ministry licence in 1986. Village contacts and their referrals built the business; his son now runs it, with an office in Dhaka too.
A Dhaka tour guide and founder of a small inbound tour firm, telling his story to Prothom Alo
Digital & B2B servicesDhaka
A Jagannath University student spent Tk2,000 on a Facebook page and website to run tours for foreigners. After repeated cancellations the first guest came in 2019; he now gets 10–15 guests a month with four part-time guides.
An undergraduate at Sylhet Government College working as a digital-marketing freelancer, as reported by Prothom Alo
Digital & B2B servicesSylhet
A Sylhet undergraduate took an SEO course on Udemy and began digital-marketing work on Fiverr in late 2017. He now earns Tk3–5 lakh a month and his firm employs 30 people.
A former soldier from Morrelganj, Bagerhat, now an SEO freelancer, as reported by Prothom Alo
Digital & B2B servicesBagerhat
A young man from Morrelganj, Bagerhat quit the army, bought an old laptop with his savings and chose SEO in 2023. Now Top Rated Plus on Upwork, he earns about Tk3 lakh a month and has built his own SEO team.
A food-processing entrepreneur from Patharghata, Chattogram, in Prothom Alo's report
Food processingChattogram
A Chattogram entrepreneur put a noodle machine in 600 sq ft of his home in 1998, then added lachha semai on the roof. The first Ramadan sold Tk 5.5 lakh for Tk 50,000 profit; after Ramadan he made chanachur to keep the unit running.
Managing director of a youth cooperative in Faridganj, Chandpur, writing in a Prothom Alo special issue
Digital & B2B servicesChandpur
In 1998 ten unemployed educated youths in Faridganj, Chandpur formed a samity with Tk50 monthly dues. After a year they started lending from Tk60,000 in savings, registered in 2001, and by 2015 reported about Tk50 crore in capital.
A young quail farmer in Kalkini, Madaripur, as reported by Prothom Alo
Agriculture & farmingMadaripur
A young man with a physical disability in Kalkini, Madaripur, left a low-paid job in 2016 to raise quails; he hatches chicks himself and sells them at Nimtoli in Dhaka.
A young poultry and fish farmer in Rangabali, Patuakhali, reported by NTV Online citing BSS
Agriculture & farmingPatuakhali
A young man in Rangabali, Patuakhali, grew from a small poultry farm to broilers, Sonali and layers on a platform over a fish pond, and became a feed dealer.
A potato farmer in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari, as reported by Bangla Tribune
Agriculture & farmingNilphamari
A farmer in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari, grew early potatoes on 2 bigha and, with new-potato prices high, sold Tk 72,000 worth per bigha.
A young pearl farmer in Abhaynagar, Jashore, as reported by Prothom Alo
Agriculture & farmingJashore
A college student in Abhaynagar, Jashore, started pearls in a rooftop tank during Covid after watching YouTube; he sold Tk 2 lakh of pearls in a year on Tk 30-40k of costs.
A young ornamental fish farmer from Nangalkot, Cumilla, as reported by RTV
Agriculture & farmingCumilla
A young man in Nangalkot, Cumilla, began ornamental fish in two drums with Tk 1,300 in 2019; he now runs three farms with about 90 species and sells Tk 1.5-2 lakh a month.
A former rickshaw puller turned mushroom grower in Bandar, Narayanganj, as reported by BSS
Agriculture & farmingNarayanganj
A former rickshaw puller in Bandar, Narayanganj, started mushrooms in 2020 with Tk 1,000 of spawn; bought spawn left no profit, so he trained and now makes his own.
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