Sena Kalyan Sangstha
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সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থা | |
 SKS Tower, the headquarters in Mohakhali | |
| Abbreviation | SKS |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Fauji Foundation |
| Formation | 1953 |
| Type | State-owned enterprise |
| Legal status | Welfare trust |
| Headquarters | Bir Uttom Ziaur Rahman Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Chairman | Major General Muhammad Sajjad Hossain |
Parent organization | Bangladesh Armed Forces |
| Website | Website |
Sena Kalyan Sangstha (Bengali: সেনা কল্যাণ সংস্থা, lit. 'Army Welfare Foundation') is a trust owned and operated by the Bangladesh Armed Forces. It owns a number of businesses including a travel agency, an electronics and cement factory and ice cream. Major General Muhammad Sajjad Hossain is the present chairman of Sena Kalyan Sangstha.[1]
The organization started in 1953 as the Fauji Foundation when Bangladesh was a province of Pakistan.[2] After the independence of Bangladesh, it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972.[2] Before shifting the head office to Mohakhali, it was headquartered in Motijheel in a 23-storey building named Sena Kalyan Bhaban. It started a rice mill and a flower mill during the pre-independence era. It also owns companies that includes Savoy Ice cream, Energy Savings Lamp, Habib fan, Citizen Fridge, Elephant cement, television and transformer factory.[3]
In 2016, the trust signed a MOU with Bawani group of Saudi Arabia to export manpower.[4] In 2013, the trust was appointed to construct a ৳3 billion convention center in the southern city Chittagong.[5] In 2015, the trust launched Sena Kalyan Travels and Tours, a travel agency.[6] The trust also owns a Liquefied petroleum gas plant.[7]
In 2015, 7 workers were killed and 50 injured while constructing a warehouse for the trust in Mongla.[8][9] The trust built Mongla Cement Factory with a loan from Pakistan that was secured in 1988.[10] Sena Hotel Developments Limited, which operates Radisson Blu in Bangladesh, is owned by Sena Kalyan Sangstha and Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust.[11]
On 29 August 2021, Bank Asia donated ৳5 million to Sena Kalyan Sangstha.[12] 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.[13]
Officials of Sena Kalyan Sangstha
- Brigadier General Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman - Head of Human Resource Division
- Colonel Ahmed Jamil Yousuf - Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Affairs
- Colonel Md. Kamal Hossain Mamun - Head of Administration Division
- Group Captain Mizanur Rahman - Head of Finance Division
- Colonel Kamrul Ahsan - Head of Welfare Division