Bashundhara Group
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| Conglomerates | |
| Industry | Real Estate Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Pushpanjali, Bashundhara Convention Center Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Products | Cement, Tissue, Media, LPG, Paper, Real Estate, Shopping Mall, Steel |
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Number of employees
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Over 15000 |
| Website | bashundharagroup |
Bashundhara Group (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ) is one of the largest industrial conglomerates of Bangladesh. It began in 1987 as a real estate company venture under the name East West Property Development Ltd (EWPD). The first project of EWPD turned out to be very successful. After then, the company grew very quickly. It presently owns more than 20 major concerns located throughout Bangladesh.
Bashundhara Group (founded by Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and present Chairman) began in 1987 as real estate venture. Shafiat Sobhan Sanvir is the Vice Chairman of Bashundhara Group. After its first successful project, Bashundhara invested in new fields, including manufacturing, industry and trading. More enterprises were established in the early 1ir990s; these included cement, paper, pulp, tissue paper and steel production, as well as LP Gas bottling and distribution. Court orders Bashundhara Group officials to surrender Bashundhara chairman sued for 'fraud' Bashundhara received permission from Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority to Set up two specialized economic zones in Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bashundhara Group now operates over 20 major concerns:
Meghna Cement Mills Ltd. is a member of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association.
Bashundhara City (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা সিটি) is the second-largest shopping mall of Bangladesh. Construction of the shopping mall began in 1998; Mohammad Foyes Ullah and Mustapha Khalid Palash of Vistaara 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 hundreds of Bangladeshi fashion houses and Jewelry shops, as well as around 100 food outlets which sell foods like French fries, burgers, fried chicken etc.
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