Bulbul Habib | The Business Standard

Rajshahi’s Abdul Matin does not only collect gramophones but he can also talk for hours about the history, tradition, and context of gramophone records – which is why he is known as the ‘Living Museum of Gramophone Records.’ The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Rajshahi’s living museum of gramophone records

Currently, around 2,200 women work for Nur Nakshi, a venture started by Taharima Begum in 1982. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

When quilt making means business

Sonamasjid Land Port in Chapainawabganj has seen a surge in revenue income because of increased imports through the port. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Revenue collection at Sonamasjid Land Port rises on increased imports

Aloe Vera field. Photo: Collected

The succulent success of Natore farmers

Artisans in Rajshahi use wool from sheep to make blankets. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Lack of artisans threatens a craft with extinction

Farmers of the ‘Oushadhi village’ in Natore cultivate aloe vera plants. An average of 25 to 30 tonnes of aloe vera leaves are produced on one bigha of land per year. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Natore’s medicinal plants: A business of different ilk

Expatriates representative image. Photo: UNB.

Natore village thrives on Saudi riyal

Muslin cloth is very thin that an entire muslin saree, 6 yards of cloths effortlessly can pass through a finger-ring. Photo: TBS.

Revival of Dhakai Muslin: Commercial production will create global market

A farmer working on a tomato field. Photo: TBS

Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj produce tomatoes worth Tk500cr

With her own efforts, Joyeta Poli now nows a fashion house of women's clothing in Rajshahi city where she designs sarees and salwar-kameez. Photo: TBS

Joyeta shows the way

Onion farmers are losers, anyway

Onion farmers are losers, anyway

Albinop mice crawl over the hand of an eunique entrepreneur in Rajshahi. He has so far bred five thousand mice and supplied to laboratories across the country for research purposes. The business brings him around Tk5,000 per month. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Of men and mice

A gardener looks after his orange trees in the Barind region. Warm climate of the region helps commercial production of oranges which has turned out to be a successful business for the people there. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Barind growing oranges commercially