Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited, commonly known by its trade name BEXIMCO, is a Bangladeshi multinational conglomerate holding company, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in the early 1970s.
Sonali Bank PLC is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the Bank. Niranjan Chandra Debnath and Sanchia Binte Ali are the deputy managing directors of the bank.
Eastern Bank PLC. is a private commercial bank headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established on August 8, 1992, as a public limited company with limited liability under the Bank Companies Act of 1991. Its share are listed in the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange. The bank provides products and services in retail banking, corporate finance, asset management, equity brokerage and security. It has 85 branches and 214 ATMs in Bangladesh and employs around 3000 employees.
KDS Group is a business and industrial conglomerates of Bangladesh, which is based in Chittagong but with extensive operations in Dhaka as well. It has also established offices and agencies in India, Hong Kong and is currently expanding into Europe and North America. It is one of the largest private sector employers in Bangladesh.
Transcom Limited is a Bangladeshi business conglomerate. The businesses under this group include beverage, pharmaceuticals, newspaper, radio channel, electronics, foods, etc. Transcom is the local agent or comprador of international brands. This group employs more than 10,000 people. Transcom Group is one of the oldest and biggest companies in Bangladesh. Their operation in Bangladesh initially started in 1985 as a tea plantation company.
Akij Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include textiles, tobacco, food and beverage, cement, ceramics, printing and packaging, pharmaceuticals, consumer products etc. In 2009, Akij Group paid 390 million euros in tax, making it the biggest local tax-payer, contributing two per cent to the nation's entire budget. Akij also provides services in healthcare, information and communication technology. Its turnover in 2009 was 89 billion taka. In 2018, Akij sold their tobacco division to JTI for $1.47 billion. It was the biggest ever single foreign direct investment in Bangladesh.
S.Alam Group is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate. S. Alam Group also has investment in banking, leasing, insurance, stock brokering, and merchant banking. The industries under this group include food and allied products, steel, banking, consumer products, sugar, cement, power, energy, transportation, shipping, manufacturing, hospitality, financial institution, agro, trading, oil, and gas.
Bashundhara Group is a Bangladeshi conglomerate and one of the largest manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company under the name East West Property Development Ltd (EWPD). After its first project turned out to be successful, the company grew quickly. It presently owns more than 50 major concerns throughout Bangladesh. The company's import-export turnover was $1.12 billion or BDT 111.38 billion in the 2022-23 fiscal year. In the 2018 fiscal year, the company's real estate holdings amounted to BDT 50,000 crores, or $4.6 billion.
Sheltech (Pvt.) Ltd. is a real estate company based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which was founded in 1988. It is a multi-disciplinary firm engaged in various activities, including real estate development, consultancy. It has three chains of boutique hotels named Platinum Suites, Platinum Residence and Platinum Grand. It has constructed over 3700 apartments in Dhaka.
Obaidul Karim is a Bangladeshi businessman and the founder and chairman of Orion Group. He is the president of sporting club Mohammedan SC Limited. He was indicted in many corruption charges and sentenced to 5 years, 13 years, and lifetime imprisonment on different corruption cases.
Orion Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include Orion Pharma Ltd, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure development, agribusiness, hospitality, textiles, aviation etc. Orion was established by Obaidul Karim, the chairman of the group, and Salman Obaidul Karim, his the managing director. It built the Mayor Hanif flyover in Dhaka. The tallest building in Bangladesh, City Centre Dhaka is built by this group. The company is also the sole franchisee of Krispy Kreme and Fish & Co. restaurants in Bangladesh.
Advanced Chemical Industries, more commonly marketed and known as ACI, is a Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals and conglomerate company founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in the thana of Tejgaon I/A, in Dhaka. ACI is one of the leading firms in the pharmaceuticals and chemical industry of Bangladesh.
City Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi conglomerates. It began on 6 February 1972 as a mustard oil company venture under the name City Oil Mills. The first project of City Oil Mills turned out to be very successful. After then, the company grew very quickly. It presently owns more than 25 major concerns located throughout Bangladesh. Now, City Group stands as one of top ten business houses in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is an important tea-producing country. It is the 12th largest tea producer in the world. Its tea industry dates back to British rule, when the East India Company initiated the tea trade in the hills of the Sylhet region. In addition to that, tea cultivation was introduced to Greater Chittagong in 1840. Today, the country has 166 commercial tea estates, including many of the world's largest working plantations. The industry accounts for 3% of global tea production, and employs more than 4 million people.
Adil Hossain Noble(born 20 December) is a Bangladeshi Performer and model. He was born in Chittagong city. Apart from modelling he has acted in several TV dramas. He was the judge of the Veet Channel I Female Model Hunt event. He works as the Chief Enterprise Business Officer of Robi Axiata Limited. Noble has won success by acting in many plays in his career. Among them are 'Kusum Kanta, 'Choto Choto Dheu', 'Tahara', 'Prema Tomake, 'Shesher Kobitar Porer Kobita', 'Brishti Pore', 'Nissonggo Radhachura', 'Tumi Amake Boloni', 'House Husband, Sobuj Alpothe'. He received several significant rewards for his work including Meril Favorite Star award -1997, Meril Prothom Alo Star award - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, Meril Prothom Alo Star award - 1999.
Mutual Trust Bank PLC is a private commercial bank headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Md Abdul Malek, chairman of Sheltech Consultants (Pvt) Ltd, is the chairman of Mutual Trust Bank PLC.
Latifur Rahman was a Bangladeshi business magnate and media mogul. He served as the founding chairman and CEO of Transcom Group which deals with beverages, electrical and electronics products, pharmaceuticals, fast food, snacks and breakfast cereals, print media, FM radio and tea plantations mostly as the comprador of international brands like Pizza Hut, KFC, Pepsi and Philips. He was the founding director of Mediaworld and Chairman of Mediastar, which owned The Daily Star and Prothom Alo newspapers, respectively. Both are the nation's leading English and Bangla newspapers.
S. A. Group of Industries is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Chittagong. Shahabuddin Alam is the managing director of S.A. Group of Industries. The company has a workforce of 2,500 by 2022. SA Group of Industries has been operating 17 factories since 1988 with 8 master products under two brands Goalini and Muskan. These include Dhaka and Chittagong edible oil refineries, condensed milk, dairy products, tea leaves, flour, semolina, salt, water, paper and paper products.
Keya Group is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. The company was founded by Abdul Khalek Pathan in 1983. It is one of the largest cosmetic brands in Bangladesh.
Saudi-Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited is an investment and finance company owned by the government of Bangladesh and the government of Saudi Arabia.
৳25800 crore (US$2.4 billion) (2021)