Karnaphuli Group

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Karnaphuli Group
Company type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded1954
Founder Hedayat Hossain Chowdhury
Headquarters
Chittagong
,
Bangladesh
Key people
Hamdan Hossain Chowdhury (Group Director). [1]
ProductsDistribution, manufacturing, media, retail, shipping, telecommunications [2]
RevenueUSD 270 million [3]
Number of employees
3238 [3]  (2022)
Website www.karnaphuli.com

Karnafuli Group is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate. [4] [5] The industries under this conglomerate include port, shipping and logistics, media, health care, real estate, automobiles, finance, and insurance. [6] The Managing Director of the group is Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament and son of Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury [7] who is also a director of HRC Group, another Bangladeshi conglomerate. [8]

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History

Karnafuli Group was established in 1954 by Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury. [9] The group is named after the Karnaphuli River. [9] Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury's grandson, Hamdan Hossain Chowdhury, is a director of the group. [10]

In 2014, the group signed an agreement to distribute and service Haojue motorcycles of China in Bangladesh. [11] Karnaphuli Group, Metro Group, and Partex Star Group (Partex Group) founded Sky Telecommunication which launched Zelta mobiles in 2015. [12]

Karnaphuli Group is also involved in container shipping and owns 65 vessels. [13] It operates Chittagong to Colombo and Chittagong to Singapore and Port Klang line. [14] [15]

In 2016, the group's partner Hanjin Shipping Lines, a South Korean company, declared bankruptcy in Bangladesh. [16]

List of companies

Shipping and logistics

Media

Healthcare

Real estate

Financials

Telecommunication

Trading

See also

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