Ananta Group () is a
Bangladeshi
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Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
garments conglomerate based in Dhaka. Qamrun Nahar Zahir is the chairperson of the group.
Sharif Zahir is the Managing Director of the group.
History
Ananta was established in 1992 in Dhaka as an export oriented
Ready Made Garment
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manufacturer by Humayun Zahir.
After the death of Zahir, his wife Qamrun Nahar Zahir took over the company.
She is support by their two children, Asif Zahir and Sharif Zahir, who help her run Ananta Group.
In 2016, the company launched Sindabad.com as an ecommerce site.
Ananta Group invested in Zero Gravity which is the holding company of sindabad.com and Kiksha.com, both of which are ecommerce sites in Bangladesh, on 19 February 2018. In April 2019, Asif Zahir announced plans to merge the seven units of the group to streamline management.
In 2019, the groups annual turnover exceeded US$ 300 million.
It operates a green factory. The company was given 250 acres land in Chittagong to establish six factories at the
Mirsarai Economic Zone by
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority through a 50 year lease.
The company announced plans to invest 35 billion taka to develop the site.
In July 2019, Qamrun Nahar Zahir was awarded the Outstanding Woman in Business Award by the annual Bangladesh Business Award, which is organized by
The Daily Star and
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. She also received a nomination for an award from
Entrepreneurs Organization
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History
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's Bangladesh chapter for her contribution to the
Sustainable Development Goals of the
United Nations
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.
Ananta Group announced plans to invest US$ 25 million in a factory to manufacture lingerie in
Chittagong Export Processing Zone on 16 October 2020.
The group already owned five factories at the site.
Two nominated directors, Khalid Quadir and Anders Stendebakken, CEOs of Brummer & Partners Asset Management in Bangladesh and Singapore respectively serves in the board of directors of Ananta Group.
Subsidiaries
* Z&Z Intimates Limited
* Ananta Apparels Limited
* Ananta Denim Technology Limited
* Ananta Casualwear Limited
* Universal Menswear Limited
* Ananta Huaxiang Limited
* DNV Clothing Limited
References
1992 establishments in Bangladesh
Manufacturing companies based in Dhaka
Conglomerate companies of Bangladesh
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