Mohammadi Group

Mohammadi Group (Bengali: মোহাম্মদী গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka with a focus on the garments industry.^[1] It was founded by Annisul Huq.^[2] Rubana Huq is the managing director of Mohammadi Group.^[3][4] Navidul Huq is a director of the Mohammadi Group.^[5]

Mohammadi Group was established in 1986 by Annisul Huq.^[6] It started with a single factory that had 52 workers.^[7] Before that Huq was working as the managing director of the Mohammadi Group of Companies Limited.^[8] The other founders of the group were Faruk-Al-Nasir and Habibur Rahman.^[9]

Annisul Huq, Chairman of Mohammadi Group, contested the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association president election in 1998.^[10]

In 1999, Mohammadi Group established TechnoVista Limited.^[11] In 2000, Annisul Huq said that the garments industry was losing 2 billion taka a day due to strike (hartal) in Chittagong.^[12]

The Mohammadi Limited (Sample) was established as a sample making factory for the group in 2002.^[13] It also established Mohammadi Fashion Sweaters Limited in Khilkhet Kha para.^[14]

Mohammadi Group established a garment factory called Mohammadi Group Limited in 2003.^[15] Its clients include Costco, ECI New York, H&M, Haggar Clothing, Perry Ellis, Primark, Sears, Springfield, and Walmart.^[15] The Government of Denmark provided 26.5 million taka to Technovista Limited through the Danida Private Sector Development Programme.^[16] The ambassador of Denmark to Bangladesh, Niels Severin Munk, and chairman of Mohammadi Group Annisul Huq.^[16]

The Group established Desh Energy Limited in 2005.^[17] It owns Desh Cambridge Kumargaon Power Company Limited which operates a 10 megawatt powerplant at Kumargaon.^[17] It also owns Desh Energy Chandpur Power Company Limited which operates a 200 megawatt powerplant in Chandpur District.^[17] MG Knit Flair Limited was established in 2005 in Gazipur District.^[18] MG Sweater Sample was established in Khilkhet Kha para in 2005.^[19] Mohammadi Group established MG Shirtex Limited in 2005.^[20] It clients include Costco, H&M, Sears, and Walmart.^[20] From December 2005 to July 2006, Annisul Huq, Chairman of Mohammadi Group, was the president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.^[21]

TechnoVista Limited created a joint venture called BordingVista Limited with Boarding group, a company of Denmark, in 2007 which was later renamed to Fiftytwo Digital Limited in 2019.^[11] In 2007, teams from project D-Youth visited the group in Nikunja.^[22] In 2007, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association nominated chairman of Mohammadi Group Annisul Huq to be president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.^[23]

Students of Theatre Department of Jahangirnagar University performed at the factory of the group in May 2008.^[24] In 2009, workers of Mohammadi Fashion 2000 Limited burned down their factory due to not being paid.^[25] The workers had to be dispersed by Bangladesh Police and Rapid Action Battalion which left more than 500 workers injured.^[25] Mohammadi Fashion 2000 Limited was a sister concern of the Mohammadi Group.^[25]

In 2013, one of the founders of Desh Energy, Nuher Latif Khan, sued Annisul Huq and his son alleging they took control over the company from him through threats and intimidation.^[26]

Mohammadi Group established MG Niche Flair Limited in 2015.^[27] Its chairman, Annisul Huq, served as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.^[28] Rubana Huq received the Bangladesh Business Awards from DHL Express in 2015.^[29]

Mohammadi Group launched Jadoo Digital in April 2016 as a digital cable operator.^[30] MG Niche Flair Limited (Woven) was established in 2016.^[31] MG Niche Stitch Limited was established in 2016.^[32] The group signed an agreement with Asian University for Women to send employees, selected through tests, for higher education on scholarship.^[33] In December 2017, chairman, Annisul Huq died who was then Mayor of North Dhaka.^[34]

In 2018, it was exporting three million sweaters a year.^[35]

Chairperson Rubana Huq is a founding member of Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum.^[36] In 2019, its chairman Rubana Huq became the first female president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.^[37][38] Navidul Huq was the managing director of the group.^[39][40] In 2021, Faruque Hassan, replaced her as president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association; Hasan was the managing director of Giant Group.^[41] She asked garment workers to not complain to foreigners.^[42] The group received 20 to 25 billion taka in subsidies from the government for electricity generation.^[43] It signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board to build a powerplant in Hatiya for 13.96 billion taka to be paid to Desh Energy over a 15-year period.^[44]

The group operates a subsidized store for its garment workers.^[45]

• Jadoo Media Limited (Nagorik TV)^[46]
• Digi Jadoo Broadband Limited^[47]
• Desh Energy Limited^[17]
• Desh Cambridge Kumargaon Power Company Limited^[17]
• Desh Energy Chandpur Power Company Limited^[17]
• MG Properties Limited^[48]
• TechnoVista Limited^[11]
• Fiftytwo Digital Limited^[11]
• MG Shirtex Limited^[20]
• Mohammadi Group Limited^[15]
• Mohammadi Limited (Sample)^[13]
• Mohammadi Fashion Sweaters Limited^[14]
• MG Knit Flair Limited^[18]
• MG Sweater Sample^[19]
• MG Niche Flair Limited^[27]
• MG Niche Stitch Limited^[32]
• MG Niche Flair Limited (Woven)^[31]