Bashundhara Group

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Diversified · Bashundhara

Bashundhara Group is one of Bangladesh's largest diversified conglomerates, with operations spanning real estate, cement, paper, food, LP gas, steel and media.

Business: Real estate and land development, cement, paper and tissue, food and beverages, LP gas, steel, trading, and a major media presence in print and television.

Policy exposure

Cross-sector conglomerate scale including media ownership Concentrated ownership spanning industry and major media raises concerns about market power and the independence of public information, relevant to competition and media policy. Source: analysis

Real-estate land development and environmental/zoning compliance Large-scale land filling and development near wetlands and floodplains raises land-use, environmental-clearance and urban-planning enforcement issues. Source: analysis

Bank-group credit nexus and concentration risk Large conglomerate borrowing concentrates bank exposure, feeding systemic credit and NPL risk that central-bank supervision must track. Source: analysis