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Bashundhara Group
Native nameবসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ
Company typePrivate
IndustryReal estate, manufacturing
Founded1987; 38 years ago (1987)
FounderAhmed Akbar Sobhan
HeadquartersPushpanjali, Bashundhara Convention Center Road, Bangladesh
Key people
  • Ahmed Akbar Sobhan (Chairman)
  • Sayem Sobhan Anvir (Managing Director)
  • Sadat Sobhan Tanvir (Co-Chairman)
  • Shafiat Sobhan Sanvir (Vice-Chairman)
  • Safwan Sobhan Tasvir (Vice-Chairman)
ProductsCement, tissue, media, LPG, paper, real estate, shopping mall, steel, food & beverage, shipping, sports
OwnerAhmed Akbar Sobhan & family
Number of employees700,000+
Websitewww.bashundharagroup.com

Bashundhara Group (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company under the name East West Property Development Ltd (EWPD). 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.

History

Bashundhara Group, founded by Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, began in 1987 as a real estate venture. After its first project, Bashundhara invested in new fields, including manufacturing, industry and trading. More enterprises were established in the early 1990s; these included cement, paper, pulp, tissue paper and steel production, as well as LP Gas bottling and distribution. Bashundhara received permission from the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority to set up two specialized economic zones in Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Investments

  • In 2013, Bashundhara invested $181 million in the food sector, producing flour, wheat, red meat, etc.
  • In 2020, Bashundhara invested $143.7 million to build the largest bitumen plant in Bangladesh.
  • In 2020, Bashundhara got involved in the coal trading market, with a notable example of supply 8 million tonnes of coal to the Rampal coal-fired power plant.
  • In 2021, Bashundhara invested $909 million to create an oil refinery on 220 acres of land in the Sitakunda upazilla of the country's port city of Chattogram.
  • In 2022, Bashundhara invested $546 million into creating Bangladesh's first gold refinery on 470 acres of land near the Dhaka-Purbachal highway
  • In 2022, Bashundhara Multi-Steel Industries invested $395 million for phase-1 of a steel manufacturing plant at Bashundhara Industrial Economic Zone at Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram. The phase-2 investment of $727 million will be initiated in 2025, bringing the company's annual steel production to 3 million tonnes.
  • In 2022, ABG Limited, a concern of Bashundhara group signed an agreement with the Chittagong Stock Exchange to acquire 25% of its shares for BDT 240 crore in line with the country's demutualisation act.
  • In 2023, Bashundhara Telecommunications Limited submitted a proposal to the Post and Telecommunications division of the country to become a strategic investor of the struggling state owned carrier TeleTalk. The proposal outlines a plan to develop the network, enhance customer service and upgrade the systems of TeleTalk, which has made losses in all but the first two years of its 19-year-existence.

Enterprises

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Bashundhara Group now operates over 50 concerns:

  1. East West Property Development (Pvt) Limited
  2. Meghna Cement Mills Limited
  3. Bashundhara Shipping Lines Limited
  4. Bashundhara Shipping Limited
  5. Bashundhara Logistics Limited
  6. Bashundhara Horticulture Limited
  7. Bashundhara Chemical Industries Limited
  8. Bashundhara Trading Company Limited
  9. Bashundhara International Trade Center Limited
  10. Bashundhara Multi Trading Limited
  11. Bashundhara General Trading LLC Dubai
  12. Bashundhara Employment Services
  13. Bashundhara Electricity Limited
  14. Bashundhara Infrastructure Development Limited
  15. Bashundhara Import Export Limited
  16. Bashundhara Agricultural Products Limited
  17. Bashundhara Multi Agricultural Company Limited
  18. Bashundhara Multi Paper Industries Limited
  19. Bashundhara Amusement Park Limited
  20. Bashundhara Oil and Gas Company Limited
  21. Bashundhara Multipurpose Port Limited
  22. Bashundhara Textile Mills Limited
  23. Bashundhara Airways Limited
  24. Bashundhara Multi Food Products Limited
  25. Bashundhara Technologies Limited
  26. Bashundhara Paper Mills Limited
  27. Bashundhara Fine Paper Limited
  28. Bashundhara Pulp & Board Mills Limited
  29. Bashundhara LP Gas Limited
  30. Bashundhara City Development Limited
  31. Bashundhara Steel Complex Limited
  32. Bashundhara Industrial Complex Limited
  33. Bashundhara Steel And Engineering Limited
  34. Bashundhara Multi Steel Industries
  35. Bashundhara Foundation
  36. Bashundhara Convention Center
  37. Bashundhara Dredging Company Limited
  38. Bashundhara Technical Institute
  39. Bashundhara Telecommunications Network Limited
  40. Bashundhara Food and Beverage Industries Limited
  41. Sundarban Industrial Complex Limited
  42. Bashundhara Cement Industries Limited
  43. Bashundra Toiletries Limited
  44. Bashundhara Pre-Fabricated Building Manufacturing Industries
  45. Dhaka Multi Agricultural Complex Limited
  46. Sea Real Estate Developers Limited
  47. East West Media Group
  48. Bashundhara Kings
  49. Rangpur Riders
  50. Kebab Turki Baba Rafi (Bangladesh)
  51. Toggi Services Limited
  52. Bir Cement Limited

Bashundhara City

Main article: Bashundhara City

Bashundhara City (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা সিটি) is a shopping mall in Dhaka. Construction began in 1998; Mohammad Foyes Ullah and Mustapha Khalid Palash of Vistara designed the building. Opened to the public on 6 August 2004, the mall is located at Panthapath, near Karwan Bazar, in Dhaka city and cost over $100 million to complete. Bashundhara City is 21 stories tall, of which 8 are used for the mall, which houses fashion houses and jewelry shops, as well as around 100 food outlets.

The mall has experienced two fires. The first fire occurred on March 13, 2009, resulting in the deaths of 7 people and injuries to 20 others. The second incident, which took place in 2016, did not result in any casualties.

Bashundhara Residential Area

Main article: Bashundhara Residential Area

Media ventures

In 2009, the group launched East West Media Group Ltd., which now operates several major media outlets in Bangladesh. These include two television channels, one FM radio station, an online newspaper, and three print media publications.

The Bengali-language national daily newspapers owned by East West Media Group are Kaler Kantho and Bangladesh Pratidin. The group also publishes the English-language newspaper Daily Sun. Additionally, the online news portal banglanews24.com provides content in both Bengali and English.

The television channels owned by the group include News24 and T-Sports, while Radio Capital is its FM radio station.

See also

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