AkijBashir Group Competitors

A Group of Companies having annual turn over about USD1.0 Billion located in Bangladesh serving domestic market mainly with little footge in export market. Product handled Cold Rolled Steel Coil, Galvanized Corrugated Iron Sheet, deformed Bar, Cement, Tobacco, Cigarette, condensed Milk, Full Cream Milk Powder, Food Grains, Serials etc.

Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC (IBBPLC) is the largest commercial bank of Bangladesh. It is the first Shariah-based Islamic bank in the South-East Asia established in March 1983. The Bank is a joint venture Public Limited Company with majority shareholding by foreign institutions and enlisted with Dhaka & Chattogram stock exchanges. With 394 branch, 249 sub-branch & 2,771 Agent Banking Outlets, the Bank possess the largest branch network among the private sector banks in Bangladesh. It renders general banking, commercial investment and foreign exchange services with substantial CSR activities. Besides, the Bank is a global pioneer in and largest operator of Islamic microfinance.

Diversity in business & entrepreneurship helped Bashundhara Group (BG) to become the leader amongst the business houses in Bangladesh directly employing a workforce not less than 50 thousand which indirectly covered livelihood of half a million people. BG has started operation as a real estate venture known as “Bashundhara” under the aegis of East-West property development Ltd in 1987. This project turned out to be a very successful one & had helped foster the growth of trust & confidence of the urban people in “Bashundhara” Dhaka’s burgeoning population, coupled with a conspicuously slow growth of housing led to the landmark success of Bashundhara. Bashundhara geared up to invest in new fields, including production of cement, paper, tissue, steel, LPG among others. BG now has over 20 major concerns located in different areas of the country. The multifaceted shopping mall called the Bashundhara City has added glamor to the growth of the group. The BCDL is one step ahead in the effort to strengthen links with the general people through the unique offering of shopping & recreation facilities under one roof. Latest addition to the group is its media house titled “East West Media Group Ltd” one of the largest of its kind, which was established in 2009 it now owns Bangla daily – “Kaler Kantho”, “Bangladesh Protidin” English daily “Daily Sun” online portal “banglanews24.com” etc. The media house is also planning to launch radio & TV channel.