Duncan Brothers
Duncan Brothers (Bangladesh) Limited () is the largest tea producers in Bangladesh, and subsidiary of Lawrie Group of Camellia PLC. Imran Ahmed is the managing director of Duncan Brothers (Bangladesh) Limited. History Duncan Brothers (Bangladesh) Limited traces its origins to brothers Walter Duncan and William Duncan from Glasgow who established a tea company in 1859 in Kolkata. It owns the following tea and rubber estates, Alinagar Tea Estate, Amo Tea Estate, Chaklapunji Tea Estate, Chandpur Tea Estate, Chatlapur Tea Estate, Etah Tea Estate, Hingazia Tea Estate, Karimpore Tea Estate, Longla Tea Estate, Lashkarpur Tea Estate, Mazdehee Tea Estate, Nalua Tea Estate, Pallakandi Tea Estate, Rajkie Tea Estate, Shamshernagar Tea Estate, and Silloah Tea Estate. The powerplant of Octavius Steel and Company of Bangladesh Limited in Dhaka was nationalized in the 1950s. In 1985, Duncan Brothers established United Insurance Limited. In 1989, United Leasing Company Limited was established. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated with a population of over 171 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the List of Indian states, Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country. The territory of modern Bangladesh was a stronghold of many List of Buddhist kingdoms and empires, Buddhist and List of Hindu empir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Camellia PLC
Camellia Public Limited Company (Camellia PLC) is an agricultural group of companies, incorporated as a public limited company, with seat in Linton, Kent in the United Kingdom. Camellia produces core crops like macadamia, avocados and tea and specialty crops like wine grapes and blueberries. The company has over 78,000 employees. History Camellia has historical roots in Kolkata, Malawi and Kenya. The Camellia name was first used in 1964. In June 2020, 85 people living at and near a plantation operated by Camellia's Kenyan subsidiary Kakuzi took Camellia to court in London. The claimants alleged human rights abuses by Kakuzi security guards including murder, rape, violent attacks and unlawful detainments. The Kenya Human Rights Commission, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO–), is an independent, non-profit research and network organisation working on social, ecological and economic issues rel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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United Finance
United Finance started its journey as a non-banking financial institution in 1989. It is listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange. It provides financial services, such as investments, leases, loans, term finance, channel financing. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. United Finance collect around 80 percent of their funds directly from individual depositors. The company has 25 branch offices across the country covering all 64 districts with financial services. The company has branch office in Dhaka, Bongshal, Gazipur, Tejgaon, Jinjira, Narsingdi, Shyamoli, Chattogram, Begumganj, Cox's Bazar, Cumilla, Rangamati, Jashore, Bogura, Sylhet, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Chuadanga, Barishal, Noakhali, Rajshahi, Khulna, Gazipur, Pabna, Belkuchi and Mymensingh district. History In November 2024, United Group United Group B.V. is an alternative telecom provider in the Balkans that operates both telecommunications platforms and mass media outlets. History United G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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JF (Bangladesh) Limited
JF (Bangladesh) Limited, previously known as James Finlay Bangladesh, is a prominent shipping and logistics business in Bangladesh. It is a successor firm of James Finlay Limited, a leading Scottish trading company in the British Empire. History The company was incorporated in Bengal in 1901. After the end of colonial rule, the British Finlays Group operated the company for 57 years, until 2004, when it was sold to a group of Bangladeshi businessmen under the JF (Bangladesh) Limited name. It received a gold medal for exports from 2000 to 2001 from Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. It was forced to deposit 2.38 billion BDT into the government exchange during a crackdown on corruption in Bangladesh from the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. They represent 52 global charter vessels company in Bangladesh. It provides seamen to shipping companies around the globe. It works as a consultancy and warehouse services to The New Sylhet Tea Estate Limited, Baraoora (Sylhet) Tea Com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1859 Establishments In British India
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Organisations Based In Dhaka
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-organiz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Conglomerate Companies Of Bangladesh
Conglomerate or conglomeration may refer to: * Conglomerate (company) * Conglomerate (geology) * Conglomerate (mathematics) In popular culture: * The Conglomerate (American group), a production crew and musical group founded by Busta Rhymes ** Conglomerate (record label), a hip hop label founded by Busta Rhymes * The Conglomerate (Australian group), a jazz quartet See also * Conglomerate Ridge Conglomerate Ridge () is a ridge, long, located east-southeast of Mount Bursik in the Soholt Peaks, Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. The ridge trends northwest–southeast and rises to about . It was so named from the congl ..., in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica * ConGlomeration (convention) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |