Mohammadi Group

Mohammadi Group was established in 1986 by Anisul Huq.[6] It started with a single factory that had 500 workers.[7] Before that Haq 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 Habib Rahman.[9]

Anisul 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, Anisul 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 Anisul Haq.[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, Anisul Haq, 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 Anisul Haq 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 Anisul Haq 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, Anisul Haq, served as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.[28] Rubana Haq 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, Anisul Haq died who was then Mayor of North Dhaka.[34]

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

Chairman Rubana Haq was 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 Hoque 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]