Sena Kalyan Sangstha

Sena Kalyan Sangstha (Bengali: সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থা),(lit. Army Welfare Foundation ) 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. Major General Md. Habibullah, is the chairman of Sena Kalyan Sangstha.^[1]

Sena Kalyan Sangstha

সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থা
Type	Government Owned
Legal status	Welfare Trust
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Location	SKS TOWER (10th Floor) VIP Road , Mohakhali
Region served	Bangladesh
Chairman	Major General Md. Habibullah
Parent organization	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Website	http://www.senakalyan.org/

History

The organization started in 1953 when Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan as the Fauji Foundation.^[2] After the independence of Bangladesh it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972.^[2] 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.^[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 3 billion taka convention center in Chittagong city.^[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 build 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 taka 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]

Subsidiaries

• Sena Kalyan Constructions & Developments (SKCD)
• Mongla Cement Factory, Bagerhat^[14]
• Fauji Flour Mill, Chittagong^[15]
• Diamond Food Industries, Chittagong^[16]
• Chittagong Flour Mill, Chittagong^[17]
• Sena Kalyan Electric Industries, Chittagong^[18]
• Sena Kalyan Electronics^[19]
• Sena Kalyan Ready Mix Concrete, Mirpur, Dhaka^[20]
• Eastern Hosiery Mills, Tongi, Gazipur^[21]
• Sena tent and Textile Mills (formerly Enesel Textile Mills), Chittagong^[22]
• Sena Kalyan Edible Oil Industries^[23]
• Sena Kalyan LPG Bottling Plant^[24]
• Sena Filling and CNG Station^[25]
• Sena Kalyan Insurance Company Limited^[26]
• SKS Trading House^[27]
• Sena Kalyan Bhaban, Motijheel^[28]
• Amin Mohiuddin Foundation building^[29]
• Sena Commercial Complex, Dhaka-Tongi Road.^[30]
• Anannya Shopping Complex, Baridhara DOHS^[31]
• Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower, Mohakhali^[32]
• Sena Kalyan Business Mart, Tejgaon^[33]
• Sena Kalyan Trade Center, Agrabad, Chittagong^[34]
• SKS Convention Hall^[35]
• Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours^[6]
• Sena Kalyan Overseas Employment Services Limited^[36]
• Savoy Ice Cream Factory Ltd^[37]

See also

• Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust
• Bangladesh Army
• Sena Paribar Kalyan Samity

References

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