Khalilur Rahman

When the garments industry of the country did not receive so much extensiveness, did not own so much status and recognition, when this sector was to a great extent of neglect and disrespect right at that time when a few entrepreneurs, able to identify the garments sector as a promising sector of the future, carefully reared the same with ceaseless labor, talent, farsightedness and special attendance, nursing; Alhaj Khalilur Rahman is one in the top row of them. Famed in own qualities, this industrial entrepreneur is the Chairman and Managing Director of KDS Garments Industries Ltd., Revealed in many wings, this trade and industrial group has under it, Readymade Garments, Accessories and Trims Solutions, Textile Mills, Steel, IT, Finance, Banking, Mining and Mineral Extraction. One of the big commercial corporations of the country, KDS Group’s annual income exceeds US$ 350Million.And who has given tireless labor, sweat to bring this group into today’s position he is Alhaj Khalilur Rahman. Not only his industrial group, but, his contributions are undeniable and limitless to bring, the entire garments industry into today’s place. He obtained 6 out of total 15 President’s Export Trophy- highest respect, memento in Garments Industry sector. From now on golden sun will emit radiance upon this group in foreign land crossing the frontiers of home. This group has plans to set up manufacturing units in many Asian countries and expanding business activities in many places of the world including Europe. Recognition of success was not only limited within the limit of the country. Alhaj Khalilur Rahman Chairman KDS Garments Industries Ltd., received 19th International Gold Stars ’93 Medal from BID (Business Initiative Directions) of Spain. Mr. Khalilur Rahman is the excellent example to set definite objective with foresight and talent, and achieve that objective, coordinating endeavor, great devotion and labor rising into the highest peak. In consideration of recognition of his success Arthokatha’s wise Board of Juries, nominated this warrior of KDS Group, who has mentionable contributions to the national economy, for year’s Best Personality of Commerce Award in the year 2006.

Khan Mohd.Ameer

Khan Mohd.Ameer is one of a limited few personalities, who’s coming out in the commercial realm took place, due to family ties. His father Late Mohammad Yunus Khan was a pioneer personality of printing industry of the then East Pakistan. He was well familiar as a successful personality in printing trade in Kolkata and Burma (Yangon) for a long period during the era of Undivided India. After partition, he started printing business in Dhaka in the year 1948 and was successful in getting himself established as one of the top and successful entrepreneur businessmen. Though in the challenging realm of trade and commerce Mr. Mohd.Ameer entered hand in hand with his father, he did not keep himself limited for long within the circle of familiarities of his father. He developed his own circle capitalizing on own talent, thoughts-awareness and labor. After independence standing on the devastations of war ravaged Bangladesh, with the objective of building new country with the new initiatives in the year 1972 Mr. Ameer together with his other brothers took up the helms of their family realm and made happen the expansion. At present he is the helmsman of trade and industrial enterprise of international standard, Samriddha Padma Group.

Benevolent to the country, Mr. Ameer supposes a great way for eradication of property is employment for the unemployed youth. For that reason in all cases of his initiatives for industrial enterprises he emphasizes the subject of employment. Though in his enterprises now about five thousand officers-employees are working, he expects this number will increase a few times more in the future. But not only employment, as part of social awareness he has plans to establish various types of social welfare organizations including schools in his rural home Dhamrai. By this time in memory of his deceased father he constructed an ultra-modern commercial building ‘Yunus Trade Center’ in Dhaka’s heart center Motijheel.  This 25 storied building constructed on 1.02 Bigha land is considered as a unique addition in blending of beauty and aristocracy. Arthokatha Jury Board nominated Khan Mohd. Ameer founder Director of Pragoti Life Insurance, year’s top business personality award in the year 2006 by considering his special contributions in commercial arena.

Khondaker Moniruddin

Khondaker Moniruddin’s primary acquaintance developed centering on Dhaka Bank.  As a successful businessman and industrial entrepreneur a few more organizations of service sector are there. He has come into discussions anew due to his establishment of world class Apollo Hospital. In addition to that under his STS Educational Group, there are a few educational institutions. International School, Dhaka is one such institution. Khondaker Moniruddin is the Managing Director of STS Group, Shanta Group and STS Educational Group. Apollo Hospital is an organization of STS Group. By this time, this Hospital has been able to have note worthy role in Medicare sector of the country. In Shanta Group established by Moniruddin there are a few more business enterprises other than Garments Industry. As an entrepreneur personality Mr. Monir’s successful achievements are in service and manufacturing both the sectors.

As in the manner Khondaker Monir played significant role in trade and commerce, finance as Chairman of private sector Dhaka Bank, similar to that he played unique role in Medicare also by establishing world standard Apollo Hospital. By not keeping limited the activities of this Hospital within Dhaka he took the initiative to spread the activities beyond to cover big cities of the country. With this objective he took steps to establish satellite clinics in Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna and Bogra. As an entrepreneur personality, his work-plans, far-sight and mentality of service assisted him to attain distinctiveness. Mr. Monir received nomination for year’s best entrepreneur personality for extraordinary contributions in the year 2006 His incessant role in trade and commerce will remain uninterrupted-with such considerations He received nomination for top of the year business personality in the year 2007 also. Sincere greetings and wishes from Arthokatha family with the expectations for him to receive more success tomorrow.

Kutub Uddin Ahmed

One of the entrepreneurs of the Garments Industry sector is Kutub Uddin Ahmed. Though at present he achieved success through various businesses, his journey started through Garments Industry. Though a Mechanical Engineer by institutional education

he joined business after completing education. Slowly he raised more than one dozen industrial enterprises in Garments Industry sector. Due to his earnest endeavor Envoy Group was established. Later he expanded business into various sectors covering textiles, housing, freight forwarding, and information technology. Envoy Group attained Export Trophy thrice by attaining business success. Garments Industries established by Kutubuddin Ahmed are Nadia Garments Ltd., Pastel Garments Ltd., Astras Garments Ltd., Regal Garments Ltd., Epoch Garments Ltd., Supreme Apparels Ltd., Domic Apparels Ltd., Fontina Fashions Ltd., Armour Garments Ltd., etc., On the other hand he managed many industrial enterprises also including Pinata Air International Ltd., West Air International Ltd., Information Technology Consultants Ltd., National Systems Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd., Advance Contech Machines Ltd., Lunar International, Geocentric Ltd., Emerald Trading Ltd., Peridot Emerald Trading Ltd., Peridot International, Chingri Bangla Limited, KTS Syndicate Ltd., Orex Network Ltd.,  He is also Director of well-known housing company of the country, Sheltech Suit Pvt. Ltd., and other companies Sheltech Cond. Pvt. Ltd., Superior Traders Ltd., Splender Apartment Ltd. People's Construction Ltd. Tarlit Apartments Ltd.,. Mr. Kutub Uddin Ahmed played significant role in corporate social responsibility. He is Vice President of one of the top sports organizations of the country Mohammedan Sporting Club. In recognition of contributions in sports’ domain he attained National Sports Prize 2002. He has been nominated as a top personality as a successful entrepreneur in trade and industry including special   contributions in garments sector. Sincere greetings to this distinguished top entrepreneur.

Latifur Rahman

Earning profit in trade and commerce is nothing new. But performing social and national responsibilities through business is unusual undoubtedly. The widening trade and commerce and industrial entrepreneurships which we see around us if could have been dedicated to the welfare of people, then the face of present Bangladesh would have been different. In spite of that in some entrepreneurship, some steps and some thoughts we see thoughts of national interest flourish. The man who ties the web of plans silently behind these initiatives and steps his existence mostly remains undiscovered in public. Remaining hidden   behind the event to assist to reach the target is his work. His work is to assist to attain the aim, remaining hidden behind the happening. Though the businessmen-entrepreneurs are countless this kind of businessman-entrepreneurs are not a lot. For this reason even with living in common socio-cultural and economic reality some of them become matchless. Structuring of these words is taking place in the instance of a personage who is businessman-entrepreneur Latifur Rahman. He is the man behind Transcom Group, who is praised for marketing commodities enriched with modern technologies from multinationals/brands like Phillips, Nestle, Sumitomo, Akijo, Sanyo, Whirlpool, PIZZA HUT & KFC, SK+F,Novo Nordisk, Servier, Allergan, Frito Lay, Heinz, Wrigleys, Mars, Energizer, Schick, L’Oreal, Garnier and Changhai. Whenever a consumer-customer comes to the market he becomes amazed with the quality and dependability of commodities of these Companies. Latifur Rahman has decorated Transcom with enviable quality products within expected price limits manufactured in different countries around the world. The continuity of his grand father who commenced industrial enterprise by establishing a tea garden in 1885 in Assam of British India is hidden in the success of Mr.Latifur Rahman. He took up the control of his father’s business in 1973.In that year Transcom developed relationship with a Swiss trading company. Transcom signed a counter trade agreement with that company for the first time from this country. Value of this contract was DM13M.As a result of this contract transaction took place @USD50M a year. Latifur Rahman stepped into newspaper industry by way of success in imports and exports. Associated company Transcraft Limited appeared. As a result of his investments publications viz., the Daily Star, Protham Alo, Weekly 2000 praised by readers, found the chance of coming out in their own entities. He is also a Chamber leader. Presently he is Vice President of International Chamber of Commerce – Bangladesh and a former President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka for several terms/many years. He was nominated by Government as Director, Executive Board, Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank) (2002-2003); Chairman, Tradebody Reforms Committee, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh (2002);Member, Advisory Committee on WTO, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh; Member, Committee on Foreign Trade Institute, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Jute, Government of Bangladesh;. Member, National Committee on Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh; Co-Chairperson, Business Finance Working Group, Bangladesh Better Business Forum.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh recognized him with the award “Business Executive of the Year 2001”. For widespread contributions in trade and commerce and industry Arthokatha recognized him with the award of ‘Best Businessman-entrepreneur’ in the calendar year 2007.Prior to that Mr. Latifur Rahman received Special Achievement Award in 2005 and even prior to that he received more than one honorable nominations. Sincere greetings and wishes to him from the family of Ar

M Anis Ud Dowla

A well known name in pharmaceutical industry of the country is ACI. At present crossing the limits of pharmaceuticals, ACI Group has come forward to set up Medicare, consumer goods, and agro-based industries. Instance of whose earnest labor and talent to spread ACI’s activities around, inspired others after his success in pharmaceuticals industry, he is no one else but Group’s Chairman M Anis Ud Dowla. M Anis Ud Dowla, he himself did not become active alone but also placed son Arif Dowla in action in appropriate manner. Arif Dowla is at present performing responsibilities as Managing Director of this group. There is no match of M Anis Ud Dowla’s talent and labor to establish ACI with the status of a successful corporate house bringing out of the limits of pharmaceuticals industry. In the leadership, work force of ACI assisted this group to emerge as a successful group. M Anis Ud Dowla has been nominated as one of the top personalities for the accomplishments for setting in the successes of a pharmaceutical industrial company with diversified commercial and production activities. Greetings and wishes to him on behalf of Aurthokatha. ACI Group will come forward   under the leadership of Anis Ud Dowla to have more robust role in the domain of trade and commerce of the country-this is the expectation. Initiatives of this group will continue, by investments in agro based industry and in construction of the base of agro sector-Arthokatha wishes so. ACI is active in the endeavor of achieving and maintaining of international standard of Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry. Bangladesh is proud in the success of ACI. ACI Aerosol, Mosquito Coil, Savlon or ACI Salt all these are continually well known merchandises of the mass consumers. ACI Godrej Agrovet Private Limited, a joint venture company formed by a 50:50 stake of ACI Limited, Bangladesh and Godrej Agrovet Limited, Tetley ACI (Bangladesh) Limited a joint venture with Tata Group, Asian Consumer Care Ltd Joint Venture with Dabur, all remind success of ACI Group. This corporate house is not only aware in the expansion of the group but also in significant contributions to national revenue.

M.A Rouf Chowdhury

M.A Rouf Chowdhury is a well known name in the business domain of the country. He is the Chairman of Rahima Food Corporation. Under his leadership the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry played significant roles in different times. This entrepreneur personality involved in edible oil refining, have been greeted and praised for strong and courageous roles in different needs of the businessmen. He got the opportunity to realize the problems of members and associations of entire country intimately during his performance of responsibilities as a Director of FBCCI. He considers if FBCCI gets strong and right leadership, then the trade body would be capable to have more significant roles in development of country’s trade and industry. While mentioning that present time is the time of change of FBCCI Mr. M.A Rouf Chowdhury said this is the time to recast old anew. It is necessary to strengthen FBCCI secretariat in semblance with Singapore, Malaysia.  He said if 324 member-Associations become stronger then FBCCI will be able to render its position in the entire development. In Rouf Chowdhury’s opinion piecemeal efforts of the government would not be successful for commodity price stabilization. Towards solution of the same, in presence of all sides including government, price of rice, lentils, wheat floor, edible oil, sugar, powder milk should be fixed. Apart from that he also said of formation of high powered price commission. In the month of Ramadan in the year 2007during very excessive price hike of edible oil he appealed for supply of oil without any profit for the period of that particular month as President of Refinery Association. His contributions are rare to ascertain just environment in between business community and general consumers. In consideration of incessant roles of Mr. M.A Rouf Chowdhury he has been nominated as one of the foremost personalities of the year 2007.Sincere wishes and greetings to him for and on behalf of Arthokatha. We believe in order to meet the democratic objectives of tomorrow his role for and on behalf of business community will be extended more -Sincere wishes and greetings to him.

M.A.Mannan

Butterfly Marketing Limited- an extraordinary name in the country’s market of electronic goods. World famous Butterfly brand products from People’s Republic of China and LG brand products from Korea distributed by the Company are widely honored in the consumer market of the country. Butterfly Marketing Limited started its journey in the year 1987.At the inception consumer demand used to be met from this business house with the Butterfly brand products. Later in 1995 LG brand goods were included. Slowly in steps, Butterfly Marketing Limited achieved adaptation in the country’s market. Air-conditioners, Refrigerators, Deep-freezers, Plasma TV, LCD TV, Vacuum Cleaners, Motor Cycles, CD and DVD, Micro-ovens, Rice-Cookers, Sewing Machines, Personal Computers etc., were added in the product mix. Butterfly Marketing Limited is marketing the products through 144 sales outlets and 60 distributors across the country. Not only by the sales of the world class goods but also by after sales service this company is ahead in the domestic market place of Bangladesh. Butterfly and LG products have after sales service centers in Motijheel, Jatrabari, Lalbagh, Tejgaon of Dhaka and also in Chittagong. As a result the consumers can easily receive services of Butterfly Marketing. To assist lower and middle class consumers Butterfly Marketing delivers the goods at the doorsteps of the consumers in easy installments in combination with cash sales. For last two decades whose talent, labor, resolve, helped Butterfly Marketing arrive at today’s great position, he is the Managing Director of the Company Mr. M.A.Mannan. Symbol of enviable success in marketing this marketing personality is well known as a quiet and calm and farsighted entrepreneur. Under his leadership Butterfly Marketing could have spread their marketing network across the country during last two decades. He is counting today dazzling hours of success as a result of tireless efforts to let the right goods reach the doorsteps of the consumers within the price limits. To unfold courteous respect to labor and endurance of this personality Arthokatha nominated him as one of the best personalities of the year 2007.  We have our sincere greetings and best wishes for Mr. M.A.Mannan.

M.Ehsanul Huq

M.Ehsanul Huq is a well-known top executive personality in the financial sector of the economy. This expert banker personality in retail banking and SME is at present performing responsibilities as Managing Director of Prime Bank. Earlier to that he performed responsibilities as Managing Director of Infrastructure Development Company Limited.  M. Ehsanul Huq started professional life as a probationary officer of Grindlays Bank in the year 1980.From then on he did not need to look back any more. Only after 26 years, he got the responsibilities of the position of CEO of Brac Bank. Earlier to that he performed responsibilities as acting Managing Director of the Trust Bank Limited. After performing responsibilities for long 17 years in Grindlays Bank, he joined Trust Bank. During his tenure in Grindlays Bank he had marks of his expertise in India’s eastern zone and in Vietnam’ Hanoi. At this bank lastly he performed responsibilities as Chief Manager, Retail Banking. Banking activities of Brac Bank were built under his leadership. The process of providing loans to SME entrepreneurs without collaterals reached the level of maturity on his hand. In addition to that he is the pioneer of retail banking activities. By taking responsibilities as Managing Director of Infrastructure Development Leasing Company, he had remarkable role in industrial development. This modern thriving banking personality was nominated as one of the best personalities in SME and retail banking sector in the year 2005 for his advanced role by Arthokatha. For his unique and perfect role he was nominated as one of the best personalities of the year 2007 by Arthokatha. Our sincere greetings and wishes for this top executive personality of the banking sector. In building up of tomorrow’s industrialized Bangladesh, M. Ehsanul Huq will let the economy and banking sector of the country move ahead by more dynamic role-such is our expectation.

M.M.Enamul Haque

Dwelling place is important amongst basic elements for survival. Human beings need dwelling just after eating. Coming into the 21st Century, when people are at a loss due to upward pressure of population and crisis of habitable land then some farsighted entrepreneur personality by facing the encounter of housing problem as a challenge, dedicated themselves into planned urbanization. Such a personality is M.M. Enamul Haque, Chairman and Managing Director, Amin Mohammad Foundation, whose name is intimately blended with well-planned and self sufficient city appropriate for 21st century. The names Ashulia Model Town, Amin Mohammad Foundation and M.M. Enamul Haque are such that these are pronounced in the same sound.

Mr. M.M. Enamul Haque proudly pronounces ‘Ashulia-my dream’. Oneself’s dream a piece of land, a house, when bit by bit started to pale then with the mind set to revive that dream and get captured by the fists, Mr. Haque planned for investment in housing sector.

Alongside fulfilling the dreams of others, his own dream received fullness. Ashulia Model Town is Amin Mohammad Foundation’s .most known and popular project of the time. Alongside this at present the work of Modhumati Model Town is also going ahead at a fast pace. Apart from that their work of flat construction is going ahead in different parts of the capital city. Mr. Enamul Haque is a person of great social awareness. From social responsibility, as he took up the work of different housing projects, like that without keeping the flats and plots within the limits of upper class; he took up quite a few projects to spread his service amongst lower and middle class. For that alongside, aristocratic areas like Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, Dhanmondi, his project work have been spread in city suburbs. This is a profound expression of thoughts about society, he himself supervises drawings, designs, architectural and aesthetic matters of projects and for that reason, Amin Mohammad Foundation has become symbol of dependency. Maker, artist of a self sufficient, planned and most-modern city Mr. Haque is crown-less emperor of this huge real estate empire. This entrepreneur personality, caring to the humanity, was nominated in 2003 as Arthokatha’s one of the top entrepreneur personalities and in 2006 as top of the year personality.