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.
History
The organization started in 1953 when Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan as the Fauji Foundation. After the independence of Bangladesh it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972. It was headquartered in Motijheel in a 23-storey building, Sena Kalyan Bhaban before shifting the head office to Mohakhali. 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.
In 2016, the trust signed a MOU with Bawani group of Saudi Arabia to export Manpower. In 2013, the trust was appointed to 3 billion taka convention center in Chittagong city. In 2015, the trust launched Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours, a travel agency. The trust also owns a Liquefied petroleum gas plant.
In 2015, 7 workers were killed and 50 injured while constructing a warehouse for the trust in Mongla. The Trust build Mongla cement plant with a loan from Pakistan that was secured in 1988. Sena Hotel Developments Limited which operates Radisson Blu in Bangladesh is owned by Sena Kalyan Sangstha and Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust.
On 29 August 2021, Bank Asia donated 5 million taka to Sena Kalyan Sangstha. 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.
Subsidiaries
Sena Kalyan Constructions & Developments (SKCD) Mongla Cement Factory, Bagerhat Fauji Flour Mill, Chittagong Diamond Food Industries, Chittagong Chittagong Flour Mill, Chittagong Sena Kalyan Electric Industries, Chittagong Sena Kalyan Electronics Sena Kalyan Ready Mix Concrete, Mirpur, Dhaka Eastern Hosiery Mills, Tongi, Gazipur Sena tent and Textile Mills (formerly Enesel Textile Mills), Chittagong Sena Kalyan Edible Oil Industries Sena Kalyan LPG Bottling Plant Sena Filling and CNG Station Sena Kalyan Insurance Company Limited SKS Trading House Sena Kalyan Bhaban, Motijheel Amin Mohiuddin Foundation building Sena Commercial Complex, Dhaka-Tongi Road. Anannya Shopping Complex, Baridhara DOHS Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower, Mohakhali Sena Kalyan Business Mart, Tejgaon Sena Kalyan Trade Center, Agrabad, Chittagong SKS Convention Hall Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours Sena Kalyan Overseas Employment Services Limited Savoy Ice Cream Factory Ltd