Gemcon Group

Gemcon Group was established in 1979 through Castle Construction.[1] It was founded by Kazi Shahid Ahmed who was also the chairperson of the group.[2][3] It is a family owned company; Ahmed's three sons, , Kazi Anis Ahmed,[4] Kazi Inam Ahmed, and Kazi Nabil Ahmed, are directors of the company.[5]

Gemcon group provides awards for writers and poets that it gives annually.[6] It started as Kagoj Tarun Sahitya Puraskar. In 2003, the award was renamed to Best Book Award. It was renamed in 2007 Gemcon Sahitya Puroshkar.[7][8]

Gemcon Group owned Ajker Kagoj. It closed the newspaper with a one-day notice to its employees.[9] Kazi Anis Ahmed is the publisher of Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune.[9]

In January 2020, Gemcon announced it is in talks to acquire Agora Super Stores and merge it with Meena Bazar. The merger would make Meena Bazar the biggest retail chain in Bangladesh.[10] Gemcon Khulna won the Bangabandhu T20 Cup in December 2020.[11]

• Castle Construction[12]
• Gemcon Limited[13]
• Charka Steel Limited[14]
• Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate[15] sells Teatulia branded tea; the first organic tea in Bangladesh. The plantation is located in Panchagarh District.[16]
• Gemcon Food & Agricultural Products Limited (Meena Bazar)[17][18]
• Meena Click[19] (an online grocery shop)
• Meena Sweets[20]
• Gemcon City Limited[21]
• Gem Jute[22]
• Gemini Sea Food[23]
• Organikare[24]
• University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh[25][26]
• Kazi Shahid Foundation[27]
• Abahani Limited Dhaka[28]
• Gemcon Khulna[29][30]
• Meena Bazar, Super Store.[31]

• East Coast Group