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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | 1954 |
Founder | Hedayat Hossain Chowdhury |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Hamdan Hossain Chowdhury (Group Director).[1] |
Products | Distribution, manufacturing, media, retail, shipping, telecommunications[2] |
Revenue | USD 270 million[3] |
Number of employees | 3238[3] (2022) |
Website | www |
Karnafuli Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates.[4][5] The industries under this conglomerate include port, shipping and logistics, media, health care, real estate, automobiles, finance, insurance etc.[6] The Managing Director of the group is Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament and son of Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury[7] who is also a director of HRC Group, another Bangladeshi conglomerate.[8]
Karnafuli Group was established in 1954 by Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury.[9] The group is named after the Karnaphuli River.[9] Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury's grandson, Hamdan Hossain Chowdhury, is a director of the group.[10]
In 2014, the group signed an agreement to distribute and service Haojue motorcycles of China in Bangladesh.[11] Karnaphuli Group, Metro Group, and Partex Star Group (Partex Group) founded Sky Telecommunication which launched Zelta mobiles in 2015.[12]
Karnaphuli Group is the only Bangladeshi group involved container shipping and owns 65 vessels.[13] It operates Chittagong to Colombo and Chittagong to Singapore and Port Klang line.[14][15]
In 2016, the group's partner Hanjin Shipping Lines, a South Korean company, declared bankruptcy in Bangladesh.[16]
Shipping and logistics
Media
Healthcare
Real estate
Financials
Telecommunication
Trading