Food processing
Home bakery (cakes and cookies)
Birthday and event cakes from a home oven, ordered through Facebook and friends.
- Capital
- ৳40k – ৳1 lakh
- People
- 1 – 2
- First income
- 7 – 21 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
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11 businesses
Agriculture & farming
Vermicompost
Worms turn cow dung into organic fertiliser in 45 days. Nurseries and vegetable growers buy it.
- Capital
- ৳20k – ৳60k
- People
- 1 – 2
- First income
- 45 – 60 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Retail & wholesale
Selling clothes on a Facebook page
Buy three-pieces and saris wholesale, sell on Facebook Live, deliver by courier.
- Capital
- ৳50k – ৳1.5 lakh
- People
- 1 – 3
- First income
- 7 – 21 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Home & local services
Mobile phone repair shop
A small market shop fixing screens, batteries and charging ports.
- Capital
- ৳60k – ৳1.5 lakh
- People
- 1 – 2
- First income
- 1 – 7 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Light manufacturing & workshop
Jute bag making
Buy jute fabric and stitch shopping and gift bags. Corporate orders bring the bigger money.
- Capital
- ৳2 lakh – ৳5 lakh
- People
- 4 – 8
- First income
- 20 – 40 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Food processing
Mustard honey bottling
Place bee boxes in winter mustard fields, strain and bottle the honey, sell all year.
- Capital
- ৳1 lakh – ৳2.5 lakh
- People
- 2 – 3
- First income
- 60 – 90 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Agriculture & farming
Oyster mushroom growing
Grown indoors in straw packs. First harvest in 21 days, with rising city demand.
- Capital
- ৳50k – ৳1.2 lakh
- People
- 1 – 2
- First income
- 21 – 35 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Retail & wholesale
Fresh fish from landing sites to town
Bought at dawn from the landing site, iced and in town shops before noon.
- Capital
- ৳80k – ৳1.5 lakh
- People
- 2 – 3
- First income
- 3 – 7 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Home & local services
Home tailoring
One machine, neighbourhood orders. Work triples in the two months before Eid.
- Capital
- ৳25k – ৳40k
- People
- 1
- First income
- 14 – 28 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Agriculture & farming
Duck farming (Khaki Campbell)
Start with 300 ducks for eggs. Feed costs far less near haors and wetlands.
- Capital
- ৳1.2 lakh – ৳2 lakh
- People
- 1 – 2
- First income
- 150 – 180 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026
Food processing
Dried mango production
Buy raw mango at ৳15–40/kg in season, dry it and sell all year. 8–10 kg of fresh mango makes 1 kg dried.
- Capital
- ৳1.5 lakh – ৳4 lakh
- People
- 2 – 4
- First income
- 30 – 60 days
Market quote14 Sept 2026