Karnaphuli Group

Karnaphuli Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1954
FounderHedayat Hossain Chowdhury
Headquarters
Chittagong
,
Bangladesh
Key people
Hamdan Hossain Chowdhury (Group Director).[1]
ProductsDistribution, manufacturing, media, retail, shipping, telecommunications[2]
RevenueUSD 270 million[3]
Number of employees
3238[3] (2022)
Websitewww.karnaphuli.com

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]

  1. ^ "Extremely proud to carry Bangladeshi flag across seas: Karnaphuli Group director". The Daily Star. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ "Areas of Activities". Karnaphuli.
  3. ^ a b "Mission and Vision". Karnaphuli.
  4. ^ "HR Lines to buy four new ships from Chinese builder". The Daily Star. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  5. ^ "New feeder vessels of Karnaphuli Group to cut transhipment time". The Business Standard. 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  6. ^ "HR Lines to buy four new ships from Chinese builder". The Daily Star. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  7. ^ "Management-Karnaphuli.com". Karnaphuli. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  8. ^ "Saber Hossain's father passes away". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-07.