Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited should not be confused with Mohammadi Group.
| Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited | |
| Formation: | 1972 |
| Headquarters: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Language: | Bengali |
Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka with a focus on the Garments industry. Mir Mosharref Hossain Pakbir is the chairman of the group.
Amin-Ud-Dowla, son of the founder Seraj-Ud-Dowla, is the managing director of Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited.[1] Md. Harunur Rashid is a director of Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited.[2]
Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited was established in 1972 by the Seraj-Ud-Dowla.[1] Annisul Huq served as the managing director and later left the group to establish his own company, Mohammadi Group.[1] Dowla established the Subarna Sari Ghar in Gausia Super Market, Dhaka.[3] He went to established Mohammadi Housing Society and Mohammadi Housing Limited. Mohammadi Housing Society is located in Mohammadpur, Dhaka and is home to 12 thousand residents.[4] [5] The residential area borders the PC Culture Housing Society.[6]
Seraj-Ud-Dowla, chairman of Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited, established Mohammadi Apparels Limited, one of the first garments factory in Bangladesh after Desh Group established Desh Garments. M/s. Al-Amin Seatrans Ltd sued M/s. Loyal Shipping Pvt, Ltd, owner of M.V, Loyal Bird, after the ship was impounded in Kolkata after being seized in Haldia Port.[7] Seraj-Ud-Dowla was chairman of both companies.
Mohammadi Group established Alamin Sea-Trans Limited, Loyal Shipping Limited, Ben Loyd Shipping Line Limited, and Mohammadi Sea Ways Limited to enter the shipping industry. Seraj-Ud-Dowla was a founding director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. He served as a director of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited.
After the death of Seraj-Ud-Dowla in 2011, Mir Mosharref Hossain became chairman of the group.[1] He is a director and writer of The Daily Observer (Bangladesh).[8] He founded Mohammadi News Agency in 1996. He is a sponsor of Bangabandhu Shishu Kishore Mela. He is also the vice-chairman of the Democracy Research Centre. Md. Harunur Rashid is a director of Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited and the chairman of The National H.R. Laboratories Limited.