Sena Kalyan Sangstha (Bengali: সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থা, lit. 'Army Welfare Foundation') is a trust owned and operated by the Bangladesh Armed Forces. It owns a number of businesses including a travel agency, an electronics and cement factory and ice cream. Major General Md Habib Ullah is the present chairman of Sena Kalyan Sangstha.[1]
সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থা | |
SKS Tower, the headquarters in Mohakhali | |
| Abbreviation | SKS |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Fauji Foundation |
| Formation | 1953 |
| Type | State-owned enterprise |
| Legal status | Welfare trust |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Chairman | Major General Md Habib Ullah |
Parent organization | Bangladesh Armed Forces |
| Website | Website |
History
editThe organization started in 1953 as the Fauji Foundation when Bangladesh was a province of Pakistan.[2] After the independence of Bangladesh, it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972.[2] Before shifting the head office to Mohakhali, it was headquartered in Motijheel in a 23-storey building named Sena Kalyan Bhaban. It started a rice mill and a flower mill during the pre-independence era. It also owns companies that includes Savoy Ice cream, Energy Savings Lamp, Habib fan, Citizen Fridge, Elephant cement, television and transformer factory.[3]
In 2016, the trust signed a MOU with Bawani group of Saudi Arabia to export manpower.[4] In 2013, the trust was appointed to construct a ৳3 billion convention center in the southern city Chittagong.[5] In 2015, the trust launched Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours, a travel agency.[6] The trust also owns a Liquefied petroleum gas plant.[7]
In 2015, 7 workers were killed and 50 injured while constructing a warehouse for the trust in Mongla.[8][9] The trust built Mongla cement plant with a loan from Pakistan that was secured in 1988.[10] Sena Hotel Developments Limited, which operates Radisson Blu in Bangladesh, is owned by Sena Kalyan Sangstha and Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust.[11]
On 29 August 2021, Bank Asia donated ৳5 million to Sena Kalyan Sangstha.[12] The trust owns KB Petrochemicals Limited jointly with a Middle Eastern company and recently signed an agreement with Eastern Lubricants Blenders Limited, a state owned company.[13]
Subsidiaries
edit- 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 Electronics
- Sena Kalyan Ready Mix Concrete, Mirpur, Dhaka
- Eastern Hosiery Mills, Tongi, Gazipur
- Sena tent and Textile Mills (formerly Enesel Textile Mills), Chittagong
- Sena Kalyan Edible Oil Industries
- Sena Kalyan LPG Bottling Plant
- Sena Filling and CNG Station
- Sena Kalyan Insurance Company Limited
- SKS Trading House
- Sena Kalyan Bhaban, Motijheel
- Amin Mohiuddin Foundation Building
- Sena Commercial Complex, Dhaka-Tongi Road
- Anannya Shopping Complex, Baridhara DOHS
- Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower, Mohakhali
- Sena Kalyan Business Mart, Tejgaon
- Sena Kalyan Trade Center, Agrabad, Chittagong
- SKS Convention Hall
- Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours[6]
- Sena Kalyan Overseas Employment Services Limited[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sena Kalyan Sangstha Bangladesh". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Sena Kalyan Sangstha Bangladesh". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Rahman, S M Mahfuzur (2012). "Sena Kalyan Sangstha". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Hasina urges Saudi businesses to invest in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Govt to build multi-storey convention centre in Ctg". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours launched". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "LPG market to heat up". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "7 killed, 50 injured". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 12 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Farid Ahmed; Harmeet Shah Singh; Greg Botelho. "Bangladesh factory roof collapses, at least 4 dead". CNN. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh Army following model of Pak Army". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 23 July 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "5-star hotel construction takes off in Chittagong". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 3 June 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Bank Asia donates Tk50 lakh to Sena Kalyan Sangstha". The Business Standard. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Eastern Lubricant profit jumps for low-cost base oil imports". The Business Standard. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Sena Kalyan Overseas Employment Services Limited". Retrieved 3 January 2022.