Hidden Gem · 1
- Aarong Dhaka / Bangladesh / Online
Born of BRAC in 1978 to bring rural Bangladeshi craft to market, Aarong grew into the country's beloved lifestyle house — jamdani, nakshi kantha, brass, leather and clothing from tens of thousands of artisan hands. The flagship in Dhaka is the front door of an entire craft economy. store page → · open in the atlas →
The Register · 14
- Anjan's Dhaka
A long-running Bangladeshi fashion house offering salwar kameez, sarees, panjabis, children's clothing and home textiles rooted in traditional South Asian design. It runs an outlet gallery in Dhaka and an online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Aranya Crafts Dhaka
Founded in 1990 by researcher and social activist Ruby Ghuznavi, Aranya is a WFTO-member fair-trade organization running a 36-worker natural-dye workshop in Dhaka. It sources from over 3,000 Bangladeshi weavers and craftspeople, reviving techniques including Jamdani and Nakshi Katha. store page → · open in the atlas → - Baatighar Dhaka
A Bengali and English bookseller and publisher with its Dhaka store on Mymensingh Road and branches in Chattogram, Sylhet and Rajshahi. It runs deep sections in Bengali literature, foreign titles and children's books, and mounts its own book-fair collections each year. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bibiana Dhaka
Established in 2001 by designer Lipi Khandker, Bibiana builds hand-embroidered garments and home textiles worked by a network of around a thousand artisans. Its range spans traditional attire, shawls, cushion covers, runners and bed covers sold through outlets in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dhaka Handicrafts Mirpur, Dhaka
A WFTO-certified fair-trade producer and exporter making laundry and storage baskets, trays, planters, bags and cushions from natural and recycled fibres. It works with low-income artisans and ships to home-goods buyers abroad from its Mirpur-DOHS base. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ispahani Tea Chittagong / Bangladesh
The Ispahani family's South Asian trading business dates to 1820, but the tea house as it operates today traces to 1934, when Mirza Ahmed Ispahani and his brothers, Mirza Abol Hassan and Mirza Mahmood, formalized their Calcutta trading operation — first opened by their father Mirza Mohammed Ispahani in 1900 — into M.M. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jatra Dhaka
Founded in 2000 by musician and artist Anusheh Anadil, Jatra revives Bangladeshi folk crafts through hand-woven clothing, accessories and home decor drawn from village traditions. Its Dhaka showroom sits alongside Jatra Biroti, a linked cafe and cultural gathering space. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kay Kraft Dhanmondi, Dhaka
A Dhanmondi fashion and craft house working handloom textiles into menswear, womenswear and children's clothing alongside cushions, rugs, wall hangings and terracotta pieces. Its catalogue folds Bangladeshi weaving and craft traditions into everyday and occasion wear. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kumudini Handicrafts Dhaka
The handicraft arm of the Kumudini enterprise, producing handwoven and hand-stitched textiles made by skilled women artisans as a route to their economic self-reliance. Patterns carry motifs drawn from the weavers' own regional culture. store page → · open in the atlas → - Muslin Dhaka Dhanmondi, Dhaka
A brand devoted since 2018 to reviving Dhaka muslin, the near-transparent handwoven cotton lost for over a century, working with weavers on jamdani and muslin sarees that can take thousands of hours across sixteen stages. Pieces are offered by request-to-own from its Dhanmondi base. store page → · open in the atlas → - Pathak Shamabesh Shahbagh, Dhaka
A four-decade-old bookseller and publisher with stores at Katabon and Shahbag, including the Pathak Shamabesh Centre. It stocks fiction, poetry, academic and children's titles and publishes under its own imprint. store page → · open in the atlas → - Prokritee Mohammadpur, Dhaka
A fair-trade producer founded in 2001 that supports over 1,500 rural artisans across ten centres making baskets, handmade paper, crochet and palm-fibre goods from recycled sari, jute and silk. A WFTO member, it won the organisation's 2015 design award for a handmade-paper ornament and exports from its Asad Gate base. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rang Bangladesh Dhaka
A Bangladeshi fashion house whose colour-driven collections cover panjabis, sarees, kameez and children's wear across sub-labels including West Rang and Rang Junior. It sells through its own web store and a small set of regional outlets. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sadakalo Gulshan, Dhaka
A fashion house at Niketon in Gulshan producing sarees, kameez sets, panjabis and shawls that pair traditional South Asian forms with contemporary cuts. It also carries jewelry and small lifestyle pieces from a single Dhaka store. store page → · open in the atlas →