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A young ornamental fish farmer in Dinajpur Sadar, as reported by Prothom Alo
Agriculture & farmingDinajpur
A young man in Dinajpur Sadar started with six guppies bought for Tk 360 after watching YouTube; he now keeps 18 species in 45 yard tanks and sells mostly through Facebook.
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A mother and daughter in Rupganj, Narayanganj, as reported by Dhaka Tribune Bangla
Food processingNarayanganj
A mother and daughter in a Rupganj, Narayanganj, village sold clay-stove home cooking to Dhaka through a women's Facebook business group and gained a following in six months; long-distance delivery was the hardest part.
A young beekeeper in Jamalpur town, as reported by Prothom Alo
Food processingJamalpur
An unemployed Jamalpur man took five days' training and started with 20 bee boxes on Tk100,000 in January 2024; selling honey retail, wholesale and via Facebook, he earns Tk40–50k a month about 15 months on.
A honey seller and self-taught honey researcher in Chattogram city, as reported by Prothom Alo
Food processingChattogram
After being sold fake honey in 2003, a Chattogram man quit his job, learned to trace and test honey, and built his own lab and shop; the business earns Tk10–12 lakh a year.
Three sisters in Tamai village, Belkuchi, Sirajganj, as reported by Prothom Alo
Food processingSirajganj
Three sisters in Tamai, a weaving village in Belkuchi, Sirajganj, started a Facebook-page food business with just Tk2,500 in December 2020; their father delivers by motorbike, and pizza, burgers and rice bowls sell best.
A woman cake entrepreneur in Khagrachhari town, as reported by Prothom Alo
Food processingKhagrachhari
A Khagrachhari mother learned to bake for her son in 2017; she began selling via a Facebook page during Covid, gained a following by late 2020 and opened a shop in town in June 2025.
A goat farmer in Taraganj, Rangpur, as reported by Prothom Alo
Agriculture & farmingRangpur
A Taraganj, Rangpur youth who could not find a job started in 2016 with Black Bengal goats bought from savings. He now keeps 50 goats with 20 more sharecropped out, averaging Tk 25,000 a month, and has bought a cow and land.
A napier grass grower in Palashbari, Gaibandha, as reported by Dhaka Times
Agriculture & farmingGaibandha
A Palashbari, Gaibandha day labourer who lost his land to a manpower broker planted napier on five decimals at home in 2004. Selling grass and milk, he grew to 17 bighas and nets Tk 90,000 a month.
A livestock farmer and grass grower in Karnaphuli, Chattogram, as reported by Prothom Alo
Agriculture & farmingChattogram
A farmer in Karnaphuli, Chattogram leases five kani to grow fodder grass, feeding his own cattle and selling the rest; the area's big dairy herd is his market.
A flower grower in Jhikargacha, Jashore, as reported by Bangla Tribune
Agriculture & farmingJashore
A Jhikargacha, Jashore grower left rice and jute in 2001 to plant roses and dahlias on one bigha. After cyclone Amphan wrecked his sheds for a loss of about Tk 74 lakh, he focused on chrysanthemum saplings and now nets about Tk 18 lakh a year.
A fish and fry farmer in Nachole, Chapainawabganj, as reported by Amar Sangbad
Agriculture & farmingChapai Nawabganj
A Nachole, Chapainawabganj fish farmer made little profit for seven or eight years buying fry. After training he has raised his own fry from eggs for two years, and sales of surplus fry cover his costs.
A domestic courier company founded in 1983, in a Daily Star report
Digital & B2B servicesDhaka
A courier started with two vans in 1983 now runs over 700 branches in all 64 districts, with a see-through bag for e-commerce parcels and a separate mango service.