Our Businesses
Building the future through diversified excellence
Responsible business is profitable business. Fifteen operating companies and affiliates — engineering, consumer goods, retail, property, education — held to one standard.
The portfolio
Eleven industries, one operating philosophy
Every business below answers to the same standard of governance, safety and environmental practice. Filter by sector, or read them all.
Showing 15 of 15 divisions
Marine Engineering Ltd
Shipbuilding, dockyard and dredging works that keep the delta moving.
- Dockyard & Shipbuilding
- Dredging & Reclamation
- Marine Fabrication
Kazi & Kazi Organic Tea
Bangladesh's first certified organic tea garden, chemical-free since 2000.
Meena Bazar
The chain that set the standard for modern grocery retail in Dhaka.
Castle Construction
Civil construction and infrastructure, built to outlast the monsoon.
Gemcon Ltd
Project management, procurement and engineering consultancy — for the group's own developments and for clients outside it.
Explore divisionGemcon Jute
Raw jute, yarn and diversified goods, produced under the golden-fibre programme and shipped to more than twenty countries.
- Jute Yarn & Twine
- Diversified Jute Goods
- Raw Jute Trading
- Contract Weaving
18
Export markets
EU, Japan and North America
Gemcon Sea Food
Explore divisionGemcon Property
Residential and commercial development with a long-horizon view.
Charka Steel Ltd
Fabrication, galvanising and erection of structural steel — from transmission towers to plant framing.
Explore divisionMeena Click
The same shelf, ordered from a phone and delivered the same day. We do not deliver products, we deliver experience.
Explore divisionUniversity of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
ULAB was established by the Kazi Shahid Foundation and has grown into one of the leading private universities in the country.
- School of Business
- School of Arts & Humanities
- School of Science & Engineering
- Centre for Sustainable Development
50000+
Farmers supported
Interest-free cattle lending since 2004
Kazi Shahid Foundation
Explore divisionGemcon Sweets
Bengali sweets made the way they have always been made, in a plant audited the way a pharmaceutical plant is audited.
Explore divisionGemcon Herbal
Formulations built from crops we farm ourselves, so the supply chain starts and ends inside the group.
Explore divisionGemcon Sports
A first-class side and the grassroots programmes underneath it — because we rise by lifting others.
Explore divisionOur philosophy
Innovation is the only way to succeed
We rise by lifting others. Responsible business is profitable business. We build people, and people build our business.