M.N.H.Bulu

A personality, transformed into important entrepreneur from normal business is M.N.H.Bulu. Due to the kinship of ownership of commercial buildings, he had capital well enough for business or industrial entrepreneurship. Needed were experience, skill and foresight. All these he attained slowly. He was fully aware about the basic principles of business entrepreneurship for himself being already a commerce graduate. As a result to determine the justifications of any enterprise he did not take much time. Under his enterprise ‘BNS Group of Companies’ the industrial units are producing PVC Floor Mats, Transparent Film, Official Leather Cloth, Flocking Velvet Cloth, DOP Chemical, PVC Sole etc., On the other hand he is a Director of Dhaka Bank Limited, Prime Finance and Investment Limited, Pioneer Insurance Company Limited, Australian International School, Dhaka GEP Telecom Limited. As a successful entrepreneur contributions of M.N.H.Bulu are no less. He laid significant contributions in economy, by investments in trade, industry, banking, insurance, lease finance, telecom, PVC products and etc. sectors.  His contributions in social cultural sectors are also extensive. M.N.H.Bulu is a member of Dhaka Club Limited, Gulshan Club Limited, Uttara Club Limited, Fuwang Bowling Club Limited, The Privilege Club, Golf Club Limited, Gulshan Health Club. Mr. M.N.H.Bulu traveled many countries of the world for the purpose of traveling. On the basis of his experience of trade and industry of different countries he expanded business in the country. As a result without falling into any competition of big size, he got the opportunity to expand business alone. By utilizing the time well, putting into work his saved capital, he has mentionable contributions in production including mitigation of un-employment by job creation. For M.N.H. Bulu’s successful initiatives and in recognition of his sincere eagerness in taking the same ahead he has been nominated as one of the top personalities; Wishes and greetings to him for and on behalf of Aurthokatha. Our expectation is that this dynamic entrepreneur will enrich the domain of trade and industry by taking greater initiatives in future.

M.Shahjahan Bhuiya

Mr. M. Shahjahan Bhuiya, Managing Director of Prime Bank Ltd., is that person who has moved on to the top by way of advanced professional banking in private banking of the country. His banking career commenced in the year 1970.Prior to that he worked as a teacher of a college. He started his professional life after obtaining post-graduate degree from Dhaka University. At the onset of the banking career, he performed the responsibilities as Manager at various branches of Pubali Bank Ltd. Later he joined at first at UCBL and then at the City Bank Ltd., He performed responsibilities holding various significant positions of this Bank. In the year 2000 he joined as Senior Executive Vice President of this Bank. He obtained responsibilities of Deputy Managing Director in 2001 and Additional Managing Director in 2002 of this Bank. In 2003 he was at the helms of affairs of the Bank as Chief Executive Officer with full responsibilities as Managing Director. Mr. M. Shahjahan Bhuiya, in his long professional career, wherever he performed responsibilities he endeavored to lay the foundation of success. As a result it was not too late to receive recognition of his labor. Slowly he reached the top position. Receiving various training during his professional life made his track to advancement further smooth and dynamic. Higher training in Marketing Strategy and Capital Management supported him to take up roles well-matched to the time. Due to his skilled leadership Prime Bank reached to the top position in gaining profit together with CAMEL rating by achieving successes one after another. In 2006 Prime Bank realized post tax net profit of B.Tk.105.19 Cr. Amount of deposit also accelerated to B.Tk.5472.41 Cr from B.Tk.3602.25 Cr. of earlier year. During this time this Bank’s growth of deposit wasTk.51.92 %. During long time apart from deposit taking activities Prime Bank also started new schemes in loan distribution. By way of initiatives of the

Bank programs of rural industries were taken along with Small and Medium Enterprises from district towns. Not only profits but also in CSR, Prime Bank stepped in, setting new targets. Mr. M. Shahjahan Bhuiya is having untiring roles in order to realize these objectives. As Chief Executive Officer of a vibrant Bank Mr. M. Shahjahan Bhuiya thinks the Banks are not only for profits. The Banks can play direct roles in socio-economic advancement. Prime is trying that as a Bank wanting progress. For playing a role as top Banker, as a Chief Executive Mr. M. Shahjahan Bhuiya was adorned with Arthokatha’s top Banker Award. Sincere wishes and greetings for him.

Mahbub Jamil

Mr. Mahbub Jamil is one of a few personality of the corporate world who brightened up the name of Bangladesh more and more by dint of his own merit, competence, hard work, devotion, prudence and wisdom. The particular name which had intimate relationships with activities of healthy trend in cultural arena during the decade of sixty’s, is bright and enriched today with special characteristics occupied in the prime trend of trade and industry. Mahbub Jamil and Singer Bangladesh are mostly one name spread into the remotest corners. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Singer Bangladesh Ltd., manufacturers of electronic goods and he is the first Bangladeshi who has recently become the Vice Chairman of Singer Corporation. Talked- about and praised world-over Singer merchandises are primarily a significant element built-in with advancement of human civilization. ‘Singer in every house worldwide’ with this slogan Singer (Bangladesh) Ltd. is marketing its striking goods. Symbol of modernism and aristocracy, Singer is another name of amaze and reliability as mixture of taste and affordability. Mr. Mahbub Jamil a blend of creativity and taste is behind all these with his faculty and intellect. Towards the end of the decade of 80s  when political chaos and investment environment was disappearing with multinationals to quit Bangladesh, winding up one by one then at the moment it was Mahbub Jamil whose courageous and planned initiative not only made Singer’s stay in Bangladesh permanent but also brought new vitality into it. Mr. Jamil by manufacturing merchandises of international standard in Bangladesh proved we are no way less than others in terms of talent and creativity. Incredibly patriotic this man is also very successful as an organizer. His role was significant and exceptional in establishing Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the forum of foreign investors and multinationals. Mainly he was the designer of this forum at the beginning. This Chamber is playing sincere role for foreign investment in Bangladesh. This wise entrepreneur says if we have patriotism, high moral standards and good will then massive foreign investment will cause to flow in. Then he also thinks we can also create alternative to dependency to foreign elements. On the track of brain power one Mr. Mahbub Jamil is a piece of diamond of Bangladesh who enlightens both Bangladesh and Singer. The man behind Singer Bangladesh achieved the pride of receiving nominations for Aurthokatha’s best entrepreneur personality of the year in 1997 and 1998 and best personality of the year in 2006.

Mahbubur Rahman

Mr.Mahbubur Rahman is an emblem of a successful businessman-entrepreneur and Chamber leader. This top business personality is now performing as the President of International Chamber of Commerce of Bangladesh. He is the CEO and Chairman of ETBL Holdings Limited. This company is involved with Banks, Insurance, Housing, Financial Institutions, Newspapers, International Trade, Stock and Securities Investment, Warehouse, Cold Storage, Marine Construction and Infrastructure Development. By taking up the responsibilities of ICC Bangladesh Limited Mr.Mahbubur Rahman transformed it into a dynamic institution in Bangladesh. He played ground-breaking roles to form Bangladesh Better Business Forum BBBF with the leadership of ICC Bangladesh. In a meeting with International Finance Corporation IFC he raised the need of forming BBBF in Bangladesh. In 2007 during his tenure ICCB took many steps for business development. Some of his successful activities are Meeting with EU counseling team and steps for development taken in co-operation with GTZ German Technical Co-operation. He took up programmes for business dialogues and training seminar on different subjects under the sponsorship of ICC in the year 2008. Under his leadership ICC Bangladesh published Business Directory for the first time which was distributed amongst important institutions of 130 countries.  

Mr.Mahbubur Rahman is the Chairman of Bangladesh Arbitration Center. Apart from that he is the member of the Business Advisory Council. This prime entrepreneur personality in his long business career performed responsibilities as   Presidents of FBCCI, DCCI, and Vice President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Arthokatha is proud being able to nominate this wise and far-sighted business personality and chamber leader as a Better personality of the year 2007.

Mahfuz Anam

Mahfuz Anam a famous journalist, editor, publisher, who is in search of roots. A living legend in the world of newspapers and publications, the name Mahfuz Anam is widely discussed and praised in this country. Extracts out of his good name, fame has been spread across and out of the country. We feel proud at the pronunciation of the name, Mahfuz Anam first whenever we pronounce the name of any editor, journalist or publisher. Mahfuz Anam is the editor and publisher of celebrated paper ‘The Daily Star’. Due to his skilled management free from illusion, the Daily Star is now considered as the country’s most standard and authentic newspaper. In 1991, during inception of the Daily Star, he was Executive Editor and in the year 1993 he became the Editor. For a long time he was also the Publisher of the country’s one of the most popular Bengali daily ‘Prathom Alo’.

Mahfuz Anam was born in the year in 1950 in Mymensingh. Father Abul Mansur Ahmad was a renowned journalist and a politician. Mahfuz Anam obtained B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Dhaka in the year 1970 and M.A. in the year 1971.In student life, he received All Pakistan Debating Championship prize for three terms  consecutively. This creative personality actively participated in the great liberation war in the year 1971.

Mahfuz Anam started career as a journalist of English Daily the Bangladesh Observer in the year 1972.Later performed responsibilities as Assistant Editor of Bangladesh Times. He received Jefferson Fellowship of United States in the year 1976 in Journalism. Talented personality Mr. Mahfuz Anam performed responsibilities with competence in Paris, New York and Bangkok for 14 years at UNESCO. He was holding significant positions like that of ‘Regional Media and Public Affairs representative’ (Bangkok) of UNESCO. Resigning from the employment of United Nations, he joined the Daily Star established by internationally reputed journalist-editor S.M. Ali and later was placed as  Editor of the Daily Star.  

Expressing opinion despite adverse situations in favor of safeguarding public interests and strengthening of democracy, Mahfuz Anam is uncompromising in writing spirited editorials with objectivity on basic rights. His timely political columns, commentary received wide popularity amongst readers. His very minute analysis of Politics of Bangladesh, social systems, passing of life of mass-people amazes everyone.  Mahfuz Anam is the publisher also of Weekly 2000; popular Bangla weekly;
and Anandadhra; a decent entertainment fortnightly.

Mahfuz Anam plays principal role in the area of arrangement of appropriate trainings, running research-works, seminars, meetings etc., for press workers of developing world. His contributions are very significant on media related policy issues. Recently he received National Environment Award 2009. 

Mahfuzur Rahman

On pressing key of Television remote, the channel which turns up amongst innumerable channels in front of Bengali speaking viewers that one is ATN Bangla. The first addition in the world of satellite television networks of Bangladesh. At present time, in transmission of information and entertainment this one is one of the top channels. Moving in slow steps, this Bangla channel had to pass through long paths of adversities to have positions in the hearts of millions of viewers-listeners, had to jump over mountain like obstacles of uncertainties. Holding the steers even in such hard times, the man who is moving forward with utmost efforts, in the longing for good days, he is the mass media personality Mahfuzur Rahman-Chairman and Managing Director of Multimedia Productions Company-the man behind ATN Bangla, but outside this he has areas of business. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Friends Group of Companies. ATN Bangla televise in 130 countries across the world is the outcome of his winning thoughts. In recognition of success in many-sided business, he received President’s Trophy and National Export Trophy eight times from 1983 to 2007.Fond of friends from infancy simultaneously lively, this entrepreneur had marks of success in garments trade also. He had been honored and greeted with respects by different institutions due to his talent, merit, farsightedness and sincere endeavor. In the course of steering through long distance, this entrepreneur personality kept instances of success in all initiatives. In his professional life he had been involved with BGMEA, FBCCI and many other organizations. His deeds will remain ever awake in arts, culture, literature, politics and economy of Bangladesh. We are also proud at the success of Mr.Mahfuzur Rahman in his struggle to transform this country into a happy, prosperous and democratic country. We are pleased being able to recognize him as the best mass media personality in the year 2007.Our sincere greetings and wishes for this progressive, patriotic personality. Let his initiatives become successful in composition of new Bangladesh.

Major General Amjad Khan Chowdhury (Retired)

By utilizing the prospects of agro-based industry, who has   become known as a successful entrepreneur, he is Major General Amjad Khan Chowdhury (Retired).He is the Chief Executive Officer of PRAN RFL Group. His group PRAN RFL did not only have the money making objectives for coming down to commercial ventures, they are devoted to the hard struggle of making profit by establishing agro-based industry. This group’s companies are: Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd., Rangpur Foundry Ltd., RFL Plastic Ltd., Bangladesh Lift Industries Ltd., Pran Foods Limited, Pran Dairy Ltd., Pran Agro Ltd., Pran Beverage Ltd., Pran Exports Ltd., Pran Agro Business Ltd., and Banga Agro Processing Ltd., This group has 10 modern industrial units in 11 different organizations. On retirement from the responsibilities in Bangladesh Army in the year 1981, Mr. Amjad Khan Chowdhury got involved with industrial entrepreneurship.  By taking his family members as companions, his commercial activities commenced. RFL’s journey commenced with steps assisting agriculture which covered manufacturing of tube well cast iron products, irrigation implements. Agricultural Marketing Company started its journey in the year 1985 in agro based industry by commercial production and marketing of chinigura aromatic rice; collecting mango, pineapple, litchi and other fruits from the farmers. This company played significant role by gradual cultivation of mush rooms, tomato and various spices and subsequent exports to foreign markets. This group met success by marketing of olive and other indigenous fruits after collection, processing and preservation. In recent times PRAN Group performed production and marketing by establishment of dairy, bakery and growing of various kinds of pulses, tea leaves. This group’s products are being exported to about 70 countries of the world including Middle East and Africa. In last two and half decades, more than 9000 workers have been employed in PRAN-RFL Group. Indirectly this group is devoted in upkeep of about more 40,000 families. In the year 2007, export earning stood at Tk.100 Cr. from Drinks, Snacks, Tomato products, Tea and Rice produced by PRAN Group. Today PRAN-RFL Group produces more 25 types of light industrial and plastic products including 170 food products. This group is on the top in the export of goods out of agricultural process.  PRAN is life literally. The objectives with which Major General Amjad Khan Chowdhury (Retired) laid the foundation of PRAN Group, those are totally successful today. In achieving the success of the name ‘Program for Rural Advancement Nationally-PRAN’ contributions of Mr. Amjad Khan is very significant. Son of Natore’s Chowdhury family Amjad Khan Chowdhury’s father’s name was Ali Quasem Khan Chowdhury. Amjad Khan Chowdhury’s education life started in Dhaka. In the year 1956 he joined Pakistan Army, from then on his tireless trailing on the pathway goes on. At present this eminent   entrepreneur personality not only he himself but also, kept members of the family active in these activities.   His wife Sabiha is performing the responsibilities as Director of Amjad Group. Four competent descents of these parents are Azhar K.Chowdhury, Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Uzma Chowdhury and Dr. Sera Huq. Arthokatha is proud and pleased being able to nominate this entrepreneur personality as best personality of the year for 2007.

Mashrur Chowdhury

The name of a successful icon of a patriotic businessman is Mashrur Chowdhury, who has not only firmed up his position by dint of honesty, sincerity and labor at the same time thought to enrich the economy of the country. He is one of a few patriotic business entrepreneurs who are continuously working with sincerity to motivate the overseas Bangladeshis, especially those who are living in United States and United Kingdom, organising them and inspiring them for the great cause of investment in Bangladesh.

Very meritorious Mashrur Chowdhury accomplished Masters and Honors from Dhaka University. Later receiving ‘Institutional Development Scholarship’ of Ford Foundation he left for Business School of famous Manchester University of Great Britain for higher studies. There   he obtained higher degree in Management. Though the start of his career was by joining BRAC, a NGO later he took up the helms of his family business as Managing Director of “Farrookh Chemical Industries”. Area of business stretched in succession due to   his skilled management and competent leadership. Later he established two manufacturing units, Crystal Chemicals and Crystal Corporation. This farsighted man realized that economic prosperity is the prime entryway to the development of any country. And to enrich the economy of the country more and more investments are required. And in order to transform into reality that intellect he did not choose any foreign enterprise but rather he preferred scattered Bangladeshis abroad those who can not invest in country despite their keen interest due to lack of appropriate field. In order to make use of overseas Bangladeshis in their home country as industrial entrepreneurs he established ‘Nandan Group of Companies’. Unique contribution of that group is ‘Nandan Park’ established at Savar a not too far location from Dhaka. A self sufficient family entertainment center equipped with most modern equipment in Bangladesh. Mr. Chowdhury was extensively discussed and praised for accomplishing such a grand arrangement completely out of his own initiative. Moreover country’s biggest mega shop ‘Nandan Mega Shop’ was established under this group in capital’s Gulshan which is planned to be scattered around the city covering all the snobbish areas of the city one by one.  Another project is going to be included in the list of accomplishments of Nandan Group where the process is going on to produce and export best quality Organic Tea to United States and Britain. This creative and entrepreneur personality received from Arthokatha best entrepreneur personality Award of the year 2003 and received nomination for best business personality Award of the year 2006.

Md.Habibullah Don

Those who used to think sitting in Bangladesh, buying high priced cars was impossible, who made possible the blend of their dream and luxury, is a talented young entrepreneur Habibullah Don, who has been adorned with the title ‘trendsetter’ in high cost luxury car marketing by Arthokatha. Because he is the first in Bangladesh to set instance in this sector by importing and sale of highest cost luxury reconditioned cars. Once those who wanted to discourage him by labeling him as a luxury-dreamer, today they are amazed at his success and foresight. Not only in car sales but also in imports of cars, Mr. Don set record. He is the only importer, who for the first time by airlines imported up to 15 cars from Dubai. Grown up in Dhaka since infancy, Mr. Don’s addiction to cars is from Childhood. The business which started with a shop for storage of 6 cars in Fakirapool, today that business has been stretched to aristocratic area Gulshan with huge show-room to hold 60cars and another wide show Room at Naya Paltan VIP Road thus slowly transforming his addiction to profession, as he opines. And it has been made possible due to Mr. Don’s devotion to work, labor, sincerity and love. He realized the basic secret of marketing profession is ‘developed and sincere service’. He showed any scarcity in such case. Apart from that he realized that good cars would be acceptable to the buyers even at high price. And in accordance with that he imported cars of good models of various countries in good condition and low mileage; which resulted in unimpeded victorious journey towards more and more success.

At a stretch for fifteen years, through managing business with achievements and subsequently behind his installation into the status of star businessman of high cost luxury cars, he regards great Allah’s blessings towards his own perseverance and honesty. In personal life, very religious, handsome, bright with youth, compassionate to friends this young entrepreneur for his today’s position remembers with gratitude inspiration received from father, elder sister and his competent wife.

With endless love for country and society, this optimist man expects of the day when the word ‘poverty’ would be wiped out from the fate of this country. By reviewing the entire activities of Mr. Don, one of third generation talented businessmen entrepreneur, raised out of the blend of youth and talent,  Arthokatha Jury Board nominated him as trend setter young entrepreneur of car trade for the years 2005 and 2006.