Type GOVT. Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh Official language Bengali | Legal status Welfare Trust Region served Bangladesh | |
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Sena Kalyan Sangstha is a trust owned and operated by Bangladesh Army. It owns a number of businesses including travel agency, electronics and cement factory and ice cream.
The present Chairman of the company is Major General Firoz Hasan ndu,psc
History
The organization started in 1953 when Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan as the Fauji Foundation. After the independence of Bangladesh it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972. It is headquartered in Dhaka in a 23 storey building, Sena Kalyan Bhaban. It started a rice mill and a flower mill during the Pakistan Era. It also owns companies that include savoy Ice cream, Energy Savings Lamp, Habib fan, Citizen Fridge, Elephant cement, television and transformer factory. In 2016 the trust signed a MOU with Bawani group of Saudi Arabia to export Manpower. In 2013 the trust was appointed to 3 billion taka convention center in Chittagong city. In 2015 the trust launched Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours, a travel agency. The trust also owns a Liquefied petroleum gas plant. In 2015 7 workers were killed and 50 injured while constructing a warehouse for the trust in Mongla. The Trust build Mongla cement plant with a loan from Pakistan that was secured in 1988. Sena Hotel Developments Limited which operates Radisson Blu in Bangladesh is owned by Sena Kalyan Sangstha and Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust.