Bashundhara Group

Bashundhara Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Bangladesh. It began in 1987 as a real estate company venture under the name East West Property Development Ltd (EWPD). The first project of EWPD turned out to be very successful. After then, the company grew very quickly. It presently owns more than 20 major concerns located throughout Bangladesh.

Bashundhara Group (founded by Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and present Chairman) began in 1987 as a real estate venture. Shafiat Sobhan Sanvir is the Vice Chairman of Bashundhara Group. After its first successful project, Bashundhara invested in new fields, including manufacturing, industry, and trading. More enterprises were established in the early 1990s; these included cement, paper, pulp, tissue paper, and steel production, as well as LP Gas bottling and distribution.

On 4 February 2014, The Bangladesh Supreme Court ordered Bashundhara Group officials to surrender before it on a tax evasion case filed by the caretaker government. On 19 December 2011, Bashundhara chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan was sued for 'fraud' by Mohammad Shahjahan over the price of land in Bashundhara. Bashundhara received permission from Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority to Set up two specialized economic zones in Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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