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]
On 21 November 2024, A mob of miscreants stormed the building of Sena Kalyan Sangstha, Bangladesh Army officers including Colonel Md Mizanur Rahman Mizan and others affiliated with Sena Kalyan Sangstha were injured and establishments were vandalized during Armed Forces Day.[14][15][16]
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[17]
- Savoy Ice Cream Factory Ltd[18]
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 21 November 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.
- ^ সেনা কল্যাণের প্রতিষ্ঠান ও এটিএম বুথে ভাঙচুর [Establishments and ATM Booth of Sena Kalyan vandalized]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Protestors storm Sena Kalyan Sangstha building, establishments vandalized, Officers injured". (in English). Dhaka, Bangladesh
- ^ সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থার প্রতিষ্ঠানকে সন্ত্রাসীরা হামলা করে, এটিএম বুথ ভাংচুরসহ আরও অনেক কিছু, সন্ত্রাসীদের হামলায় আহত হলেন কর্নেল মোঃ মিজানুর রহমান মিজান। (in Bengali). 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Sena Kalyan Overseas Employment Services Limited". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Savoy | Home | Naturally Good". Retrieved 15 April 2022.