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HRC Group
HRC Group is a large Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include media, agriproducts, tea, real estate, finance, shipping etc. The Chairperson of the group is Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury, brother of Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament and son of entrepreneur Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury, founder of Karnaphuli Group, another Bangladeshi conglomerate. History The group established on 14 March 1991 as Shipping Agency for Chittagong and Mongla ports by entrepreneur Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury. Since then it has expanded to more than 20 subsidiaries. On 10 December 1998, two security guards of the group were killed during the robbery at the HRC Group headquarters in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka. In July 2008, the chairperson of the group, Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury, was arrested by joint forces on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. He received bail on 28 August 2008. The Sponsor director of HRC Group, Farzana Chowdhury, w ...
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Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on '' Forbes'' survey of closely held U.S. businesses sold a trillion dollars' worth of goods and services ...
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Jaijaidin
''Jaijaidin'' ( bn, যায়যায়দিন '' Jaejaedin'') is a Bengali-language daily published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Editor In Bangladesh, ''Jaijaidin'' was published and edited by Shafik Rehman, but he lost the editorship of ''Jaijaidin'' in 2008 for his stand against a military-backed government. Kazi Rukanuddin Ahmed is now the acting editor. Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury is now the Chairman of the Board of Editors. It used to be published as a weekly until mid-2006, at which point it became a daily. It came into fame during the 1980s because of its modern outlook and strong stance against the military ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad. At one point it was banned by Ershad. It started republication after democracy was restored in 1991. Location It is located in the "HRC Media Bhaban" in the Tejgaon Industrial Area. The complex has two buildings. The South Building has three floors. The ground floor houses the printing section, the commercial department, circulation ...
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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, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica * ConGlomeration (convention) ConGlomeration was an annual multigenre convention held in or around Louisville, Kentucky between 2001 and 2019. ConGlomeration was an all-volunteer non-profit organization which, as part of its convention programming, conducted charitable activ ...
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List Of Companies Of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, (with over 166 million people). It is one of the emerging and growth-leading economies of the world. It is listed among the Next Eleven countries, it has one of the fastest real GDP growth rate. Its gross domestic product ranks 39th largest in the world in terms of market exchange rates and 29th in purchasing power parity. Its per capita income ranks 143rd and 136th in two measures. In the field of human development, it has progressed ahead in life expectancy, maternal and child health, and gender equality. Small, medium and large family owned conglomerates dominate over Bangladesh's economy. Most of these businesses in Bangladesh are grouped as conglomerates unlike other countries. Notable firms This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations wh ...
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Bangladesh General Insurance Company Limited
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of ...
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Lanka Bangla Finance Limited
Lanka (, ) is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary asura king Ravana in the epics of the '' Ramayana'' and the '' Mahabharata''. The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks known as the Trikuta Mountains. The ancient city of Lankapura is said to have been burnt down by Hanuman. After its king, Ravana was killed by Rama with the help of Ravana's brother Vibhishana, the latter was crowned king of Lankapura. His descendants were said to still rule the kingdom during the period of the Pandavas. According to the ''Mahabharata'', the Pandava Sahadeva visited this kingdom during his southern military campaign for the rajasuya of Yudhishthira. Ramayana The island was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks known as the Trikuta Mountains. The ancient city of Lankapura is thought to have been burnt down by Hanuman. After its king, Ravana was killed by Rama with the help of Ravana's brother Vibhis ...
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One Bank Limited
ONE Bank Limited (OBL) ( bn, ওয়ান ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is a private sector commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is in the business of taking deposits from public through various saving schemes and lending the fund in various sectors at a higher margin. A.S.M. Shahidullah Khan is chairman and Md. Monzur Mofiz is the managing director of One Bank Limited. HRC Group Chairman, Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury, served as the chairman of the Bank before being removed by Bangladesh Bank for delinquent loans. History ONE Bank Limited started its activities in Bangladesh from May 1999. The Board of Directors consists of 6 members. Former Chief of Bangladesh Navy, Admiral AMM Mohammad Aurangzeb Chowdhury, is an independent director of One Bank Limited. In January 2003, Bangladesh Bank fired the managing director of One Bank Limited, Mirza Ejaj Ahmed, for having links with Hundi accounts of Uttara Group of Industries and Doel Group. On 21 November 2004, One Bank s ...
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Holiday (newspaper)
''Holiday'' is an independent English-language newsweekly published on Fridays in Bangladesh. Founded by the late eminent journalist Enayetullah Khan in 1965, it was one of the most influential newspapers in East Pakistan and was known for its outspoken stance against successive Pakistani regimes. In newly independent Bangladesh, it was a staunch critic of the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ... and was briefly banned in 1975. Since the 1990s, however, the paper has seen a significant decline in circulation. It is now owned by HRC Group which is owned by Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament. References 1965 establishments in East Pakistan English-language newspapers published in Bangladesh Newspapers ...
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New Age (Bangladesh)
''New Age'' is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper published from Dhaka."7 raped everyday in September,"
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Karnaphuli Group
Karnafuli Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate (company), conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include port, shipping and logistics, media, health care, real estate, automobiles, finance, insurance etc. The Managing Director of the group is Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament and son of Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury who is also a director of HRC Group, another Bangladeshi conglomerate. History Karnafuli Group was established in 1954 by Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury. The group is named after the Karnaphuli River. Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury's grandson, Hamdan Hossain Chowdhury, is a director of the group. In 2014, the group signed an agreement to distribute and service Haojue motorcycles of China in Bangladesh. Karnaphuli Group, Metro Group (Bangladesh), Metro Group, and Partex Star Group (Partex Group) founded Sky Telecommunication which launched Zelta mobiles in 2015. Karnaphuli Group is the only Bangladeshi group i ...
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Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate () is a multi-industry company – i.e., a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Conglomerates are often large and multinational. United States The conglomerate fad of the 1960s During the 1960s, the United States was caught up in a "conglomerate fad" which turned out to be a form of speculative mania. Due to a combination of low interest rates and a repeating bear-bull market, conglomerates were able to buy smaller companies in leveraged buyouts (sometimes at temporarily deflated values). Famous examples from the 1960s include Ling-Temco-Vought,. ITT Corporation, Litton Industries, Textron, and Teledyne. The trick was to look for acquisition targets with solid earnings and much lower price–earnings ratios than the acquirer. The conglomerate would make a tender offer to the target's shareholders at a princely premium ...
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Saber Hossain Chowdhury
Saber Hossain Chowdhury (born 10 September 1961) is a politician from Bangladesh and the incumbent member of Parliament in Bangladesh from the Dhaka-9 constituency. He was the president of Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2014 to 2017. He is the former president of Bangladesh Cricket Board. He received the ''Order of Friendship'', Russia's highest state decoration. Education and early career Chowdhury's father is late Hedayat Hossain Chowdhury, the founder of Karnaphuli Group, a top conglomerate in Bangladesh. He was a graduate of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and holds a double honors degree in economics and politics. He has also received a diploma in law from University of Westminster, United Kingdom. Having begun his career in the private sector as an entrepreneur, Chowdhury embraced full-time politics in 1996. Political career Chowdhury is the incumbent member of Jatiya Sangsad from Dhaka-9. He served as Deputy Minister of Ministry of Ports & Ship ...
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