Mohammadi Group

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]

Mohammadi Group established MG Niche Flair Limited in 2015.^[25] Its chairman, Annisul Huq, served as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.^[26] Rubana Huq received the Bangladesh Business Awards from DHL Express in 2015.^[27]

Mohammadi Group launched Jadoo Digital in April 2016 as a digital cable operator.^[28] MG Niche Flair Limited (Woven) was established in 2016.^[29] MG Niche Stitch Limited was established in 2016.^[30] The group signed an agreement with Asian University for Women to send employees, selected through tests, for higher education on scholarship.^[31] In December 2017, chairman, Annisul Huq died who was then Mayor of North Dhaka.^[32]

In 2018, it was exporting three million sweaters a year.^[33]

Chairperson Rubana Huq is a founding member of Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum.^[34] In 2019, its chairman Rubana Huq became the first female president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.^[35][36] Navidul Huq was the managing director of the group.^[37][38] In 2021, Faruque Hassan, replaced her as president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association; Hasan was the managing director of Giant Group.^[39] She asked garment workers to not complain to foreigners.^[40] The group received 20 to 25 billion taka in subsidies from the government for electricity generation.^[41] 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.^[42]

The group operates a subsidized store for its garment workers.^[43]

• Jadoo Media Limited (Nagorik TV)^[44]
• Digi Jadoo Broadband Limited^[45]
• Desh Energy Limited^[17]
• Desh Cambridge Kumargaon Power Company Limited^[17]
• Desh Energy Chandpur Power Company Limited^[17]
• MG Properties Limited^[46]
• 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^[25]
• MG Niche Stitch Limited^[30]
• MG Niche Flair Limited (Woven)^[29]