FND-TJ26

founder Verified businessDhaka

Third-generation jamdani weaver. Runs Rupganj Jamdani House in Noapara, Rupganj: 14 looms, 16 weavers, sarees sold to boutiques in Dhaka and to buyers abroad.

Projects
4
Live
3
Funded
0
Total raised, self-reported
BDT 6.5 L

Businesses

The businesses this founder runs. Each one is verified on its own.

Rupganj Jamdani House

Rupganj Jamdani House

Verified business

Sole Proprietorship · Established · since 2016 · Noapara, Rupganj, Narayanganj

Hand-woven Dhakai jamdani from Noapara, Rupganj

A family weaving house with 14 pit looms in Noapara, Rupganj. We weave cotton, half-silk and fine-count jamdani sarees to order for boutiques in Dhaka, sell from our own showroom, and ship to buyers in Canada, the UK and the Gulf.

Revenue
BDT 48.0 L
Profit
BDT 7.2 L
Team size
16

Self-reported by the founder. Not verified by FundingBD.

Funding history: Own savings to start. A BDT 3,00,000 SME loan in 2019, repaid in 2022. One FundingBD raise for Eid stock, BDT 3,50,000, paid back with profit. (self-reported)

Team

Tahmina Akter · OwnerRokeya Begum · Head weaverShafiqul Islam · Yarn and dyeing
rupganj-jamdani.example.com
Jamdani Weavers' Training Centre

Jamdani Weavers' Training Centre

Verified business

Sole Proprietorship · Idea · since 2026 · Noapara, Rupganj, Narayanganj

A loom school for young women in Rupganj

A training centre planned next to Rupganj Jamdani House, teaching young women from weaver families to weave jamdani on six teaching looms over a one-year course.

Team size
2

Self-reported by the founder. Not verified by FundingBD.

Funding history: Not funded yet. (self-reported)

Team

Tahmina Akter · FounderRokeya Begum · Lead trainer
rupganj-jamdani.example.com/school

Track record

Earlier ventures, as the founder reports them.

Jamdani export trial with a UK boutique

Failed
2021 – 2022

Three trial shipments of 40 sarees each to a boutique in London.

“Courier costs and returns ate the margin. We now sell abroad only to buyers who order directly.”

Rupganj Jamdani House

Still running
2016 – present

Our weaving house in Noapara: 14 looms and a showroom.

“Growing: about 60 sarees a month.”

Noapara women weavers' savings group

Succeeded
2014 – 2019

22 weaver families saving monthly and buying yarn together.

“Yarn came about 12% cheaper bought as a group. Wound up when the members joined Rupganj Jamdani House.”

Tahmina Boutique, Chashara

Sold / exited
2011 – 2015

A small saree and three-piece shop in Chashara, Narayanganj.

“Sold the shop and its stock to my cousin to put the money into looms.”

Projects