"We can choose boats from this market that we need," he added. Islam Sheikh, a resident of the Talma area in Faridpur's Nagarkanda upazila, said he bought a boat for Tk 5,500. "I came to buy a boat for fishing," he added. Rahmat Khan, a resident of the district's Saltha upazila who came to buy a boat, said the Bhanga boat market is one of the biggest boat markets in the area. It takes two days to build a boat but there is not much profit after expenses," he added while pointing out that he sold one boat for Tk 5,000. "We make boats from Raintree and Chambal wood. Krishna Mandal, a boat maker of Pulia village under Bhanga upazila, said he came to the market to sell two boats. I can make a profit of Tk 300-500 from each boat, which sell for Tk 5,000 to Tk 7,000," Manik added. Small boats of Barishal are quite durable. "I buy boats from Barishal and sell in this market. I brought eight boats to the market and sold four in one day," he said. "Still, I am maintaining my 35-year-old business.
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