Sena Kalyan Sangstha
Sena Kalyan Sangstha is a trust owned and operated by Bangladesh Army. It owns a number of businesses including travel agency, electronics and cement factory and ice cream.
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Type | GOVT. |
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Legal status | Welfare Trust |
Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website | http://www.senakalyan.org/ |
The present chairman of the company is Major General Firoz Hasan ndu, psc.
History
The organization started in 1953 when Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan as the Fauji Foundation. After the independence of Bangladesh it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972. It is headquartered in Dhaka in a 23-storey building, Sena Kalyan Bhaban. It started a rice mill and a flower mill during the Pakistan Era. It also owns companies that include savoy Ice cream, Energy Savings Lamp, Habib fan, Citizen Fridge, Elephant cement, television and transformer factory.[1] In 2016, the trust signed a MOU with Bawani group of Saudi Arabia to export Manpower.[2] In 2013, the trust was appointed to 3 billion taka convention center in Chittagong city.[3] In 2015, the trust launched Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours, a travel agency.[4] The trust also owns a Liquefied petroleum gas plant.[5] In 2015, 7 workers were killed and 50 injured while constructing a warehouse for the trust in Mongla.[6][7] The Trust build Mongla cement plant with a loan from Pakistan that was secured in 1988.[8] Sena Hotel Developments Limited which operates Radisson Blu in Bangladesh is owned by Sena Kalyan Sangstha and Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust.[9]
Subsidiaries :
- Sena Kalyan Constructions & Developments (SKCD)
- Mongla Cement Factory, Bagerhat
- Fauji Flour Mill, Chittagong
- Diamond Food Industries,Chittagong
- Chittagong Flour Mill,Chittagong
- Sena Kalyan Electric Industries, Chittagong
- Sena Kalyan Ready MIX concrete,Mirpur Dhaka
- Eastern Hosiery Mills, Tongi,Gazipur
- Enesil Textile mills,Chittagong
- Sena Kalyan Edible oil Industries
- Sena Kalyan LPG bottling plant
References
- "Sena Kalyan Sangstha - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "Hasina urges Saudi businesses to invest in Bangladesh". 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "Govt to build multi-storey convention centre in Ctg". thedailystar.net. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours launched". thedailystar.net. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "LPG market to heat up". thedailystar.net. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "7 killed, 50 injured". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- CNN, Farid Ahmed, Harmeet Shah Singh and Greg Botelho. "Bangladesh factory roof collapses, at least 4 dead". CNN. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "Bangladesh Army following model of Pak Army". 23 July 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "5-star hotel construction takes off in Chittagong". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2016.