Ha-meem Group explained

Key People:Abdul Kader Azad (Chairman, CEO & Managing Director)
Industry:Composite textile, tea, leather, transport, media
Revenue:US$550 million
Num Employees:75,000
Type:Private
Location:Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ha-Meem Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi conglomerates in textile and garments sector.[1] [2] It owns 26 garments factories,[3] sweater factory, poly bag industry, label factory, jute mill, chemical formulation plant, tea estates, transport company, Channel 24 and Samakal, a widely circulated national daily newspaper.[4] [5] The newspaper are under Times Media Limited of Ha-Meem Group.[6] It employs 50 thousand people.[7]

A. K. Azad is the chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and managing director of the group.[8] [9] Colonel (retired) Md. Delwar Hossain is the deputy managing director of the group.[10]

History

Ha-Meem Group was established in 1984 by A. K. Azad and Md. Delwar Hossain with a single garment factory.[11]

Garment workers vandalized their factory in Ashulia after which the group filed a case against 1600 unidentified people in 2009. The group denied the workers were from their own factory.[12] The protests started after 1000 garment workers in an unrelated factory were fired.[13] The group chairman, A. K. Azad, filed police case requesting security from Bashundhara Group after Samakal wrote news articles against the Bashundhara Group.[14]

On 14 December 2010, 26 workers died in a fire at Thats it Sportswear, a Ha-Meem Group factory, in Ashulia and 100 were injured.[15] [16] The fire exit and gate of the factory were locked which increased the death toll.

In June 2012, labour unrest broke out at the subsidiary of the group, Artistic Design Limited, in Ashulia.[17] [18]

Labour unrests in the group's factories in Ashulia stopped production as workers went on strike demanding increase in salary in May 2013.[19] [20] About 80 per cent of the group's export went to the United States.[21]

In December 2016, the group terminated 368 workers over labour unrest.

Ha-Meem Group invested 60 million USD to expand Denim production in 2017.[22] Bangladesh Bank rejected a proposal by Ha-meem group to invest 10 million USD in Haiti to export to the United States.[23] [24] That's It Fashions Limited announced plans to buy 11 million shares of Pubali Bank.[25] Ha-Meem Group invested in tea plantations.[26]

On 21 March 2018, the house of the group's chairman, A. K. Azad, was demolished in Gulshan by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, led by director Aliur Rahman, for not having an approved design.[27] [28] Ha-Meem group claimed the demolition took place despite them showing legal documents and stopped after it was shown to the chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha.[29] Anti Corruption Commission summoned Azad on the same day as the demolition.[30] Azad is the senior Vice-President of Faridpur District unit of Awami League and director of Shahjalal Islami Bank.

In April 2020, workers of Sharmin Group and Ha-meem Group participated in violent labour protests.[31]

A worker of the group was seriously injured in police firing at a workers protest.[32] The workers of That's It Garments Limited and Creative Collections Limited were protesting when the police shot them on 10 May 2021.[33]

In April 2022, Ha-meem Group announced plans to increase garment export from 580 million USD to one billion USD per year by 2024.[34] It sold 200 million USD worth of garment products in the Bangladeshi market. Refat Garments Limited is the biggest exporting unit of the group with exports worth 172 million USD in 2017-2018 fiscal year alone.

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References

  1. News: Long days a staple of garment industry in Bangladesh . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 2016-10-29.
  2. News: Top exporters awarded . 2016-08-29 . The Daily Star . 2016-10-29.
  3. News: Gap, Old Navy, and the Living Hell of a Bangladeshi Sweatshop - San Diego Free Press . 2013-10-05 . San Diego Free Press . en-US . 2016-10-29.
  4. Web site: About Us | Ha-Meem Group . 2013-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130104092938/http://www.hameemgroup.net/portfolio . 2013-01-04 . dead.
  5. News: 2021-10-09 . Diversification makes them stronger . 2022-11-05 . The Business Standard . en.
  6. News: AK Azad says he has recovered from COVID-19 . 2022-11-05 . bdnews24.com . en.
  7. News: 2016-12-26 . Ha-Meem Group fires 91 workers . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. News: 2022-05-29 . Policy support, reforms can ward off macroeconomic challenges . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. News: 2022-10-15 . UIU Debate Club wins BUTEXDC National Debate Festival . 2022-11-05 . Dhaka Tribune . en.
  10. Karim . Elita . Elita Karim . 10 July 2009 . An Unsolved Mystery . 5 November 2022 . Star Weekend Magazine.
  11. Web site: About Us Leading wholesale clothing manufacturer in Bangladesh . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  12. News: Mirdha . Refayet Ullah . 2009-06-30 . Spillover effects . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  13. News: Mridha . Refayet Ullah . 2009-06-29 . It all started with the sacking in a sick unit . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  14. News: 2009-10-20 . Samakal publisher files GD . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  15. News: 26 killed in factory fire . 2010-12-15 . The Daily Star . 2016-10-29.
  16. Ariquzzaman . Shudeepto . Locked Doors and Lost Lives . 2022-11-05 . Star Weekend Magazine.
  17. News: 2012-06-12 . 100 RMG factories suspend production . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  18. News: Sarkar . Kailash . 2012-06-14 . Ashulia industrial zone now battlefield . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  19. News: 2013-05-21 . Labour unrest halts Ha-Meem . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  20. News: 2013-05-20 . 30 hurt in RMG worker-cop clash . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  21. News: 2013-04-01 . Mozena fears flight of foreign investment out of Bangladesh . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  22. News: Mirdha . Refayet Ullah . 2017-03-13 . Ha-Meem Group bets big on denim . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  23. News: Alo . Jebun Nesa . 2017-03-21 . 3 firms barred from investing abroad . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  24. News: Rahman . Sajjadur . 2017-09-19 . Akij may get nod to buy Malaysian firms . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  25. News: 2017-09-12 . That's It Fashions to buy 1.1cr shares of Pubali Bank . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  26. News: Rahman . Sajjadur . 2017-02-22 . Large firms investing in tea plantation . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  27. News: 2018-03-21 . Rajuk demolishes parts of AK Azad's house . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  28. News: RAJUK demolishes Azad’s house at Gulshan . 2022-11-05 . New Age . en.
  29. News: RAJUK demolishes parts of Ha-Meem Group owner’s house in Gulshan . 2022-11-05 . bdnews24.com . en.
  30. News: Bangladesh graft watchdog summons Ha-Meem Group owner AK Azad . 2022-11-05 . bdnews24.com . en.
  31. News: 2020-04-27 . RMG workers' protests turn violent in Gazipur, 8 injured . 2022-11-05 . Dhaka Tribune.
  32. News: 2021-10-09 . Shot by police, incapacitated for life . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  33. News: 2021-05-11 . 10 RMG workers hurt as police fire on their demo . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  34. News: Mirdha . Refayet Ullah . 2022-04-26 . Ha-Meem Group eyes $1b exports by 2024 . 2022-11-05 . The Daily Star . en.
  35. Web site: Woven Ha-Meem Group . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  36. Web site: Sweater High quality sweater manufacturing factory in Bangladesh . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  37. Web site: Laundry One of the biggest washing facilities in Bangladesh . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  38. Web site: Ha-Meem Denim Mill State of the art denim jeans company in Bangladesh . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  39. Web site: Embroidery, Printing and Accessories Ha-Meem Group . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  40. Web site: Ha-Meem Design Studio - Keeping pace with the modern trend Sample Section . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  41. Web site: Ancillary Ha-Meem Group . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  42. Web site: Ha-Meem Group Top Ranking Bangladeshi Clothing Manufacturer . 2022-11-05 . www.hameemgroup.net.
  43. News: Channel 24 News Video, Latest Bangla News & Live TV . 2022-11-05 . Channel 24 . en.

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