Once unemployed, 30-year-old youth Sujan Hawladar is now a successful pearl farmer.
He first started culture of pearls in a small pond beside his house in Chapli village of Kalapara upazila. Now he has set up his pearl farm in three unused ponds in the area.
Without passing secondary level in school, Sujan, son of Ali Hossain Hawladar, had not been able to succeed in landing a job or a profession. But thanks to a Youtube tutorial he saw in 2019, on how to cultivate pearls, Sujan has found his source of financial independence.
All that changed in January of 2019 when the video clip on pearl culture -- posted by pearl farmer Ruhul Amin from Balapukur village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila -- aroused his interest in the trade.
After he spoke with Ruhul Amin over phone, Ruhul Amin himself came over to his house and gave him hands-on training on techniques of cultivating pearls in ponds.
Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/unemployed-youth-finds-gem-unused-pond-2023653
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