Background
Gazi Group is a business conglomerate in Bangladesh thatowns Gazi Television (GTV), online portal sarabangla.com and Daily Sarabangla. Gazi group started its journey with the establishment of a factory of plastic and rubber products in 1974.The founder of the Group is Golam Dastagir Gazi.
Affiliated Business
Gazi Group is a leading manufacturer and distributor of various products in Bangladesh such as tanks, sinks, pipes, tubewell, fittings, tires,etc. Its business concerns include Gazi Tanks, Gazi Sinks, Gazi Pipes, Gazi Fittings, Gazi Pumps and Motors, Gazi Tubewell, Gazi Gas Stoves, Gazi Thread Tape, Gazi Toys, Gazi Communications, Gazi Networks, Gazi Doors, Gazi Tyres, Gazi Infrastructure Limited, Gazi Rubber Plantation, Gazi Renewable Energy, Gazi Satellite TV, and sarabangla.net
Gazi Group???s media enterprise Gazi TV holds worldwide media rights of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) till 2020. BCB sold the right to Gazi TV for the price of $ 20. 02 million. It can be mentioned here that Gazi Group???s managing director Gazi Golam Murtoza is a director of BCB and his father Golam Dastagir Gazi is a former director of the cricket board. Only two companies participated in the bidding process.
Ownership
Golam Dastagir Gazi and his family members own a majority stake in the Gazi Group.Golam Dastagir Gazi is the founding chairman of the Group, while his wife Hasina Gazi holds directorship of the Group of companies. Their two sons ??? Gazi Golam Murtoza and Gazi Golam Ashria??? hold the posts of managing directors in the Group. Gazi Golam Murtoza???s wife, Sania Binte Mahtab is the deputy managing director of Gazi Group. Gazi Golam Ashria is now a director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.
Besides the Gazi family, there are two other persons on Gazi Group’s board: Badrul Alam Khan and Salahuddin Chowdhury. In the capacity of a director of Gazi Group, Badrul Alam Khan is involved with Gazi International, Gazi Communications, Gazi Renewable Energy, and Gazi Infrastructure Development Company. He also represents Gazi Group in Jamuna Life Insurance Company Limited. He is now the chairman of the organization.
Salahuddin Chowhdury is the executive director of Gazi Group. He looks after various companies of the Gazi Group, including Gazi Tyres, Gazi Pipes, Gazi Doors, Gazi Satellite Television Limited. He represents Gazi Group in Jamuna Life Insurance Company as a director. Salahuddin Chowdhury is an independent director in Republic Insurance Company Ltd. He is also a councilor of Bangladesh Cricket Board.
Contact details
37/2, Bir Protik Gazi Dastagir Road
Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
Sources
Gazi Group???s official site: www.gazi.com
BCB sells worldwide media rights for $ 20.02 million: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcb-sells-worldwide-media-rights-for-20-02-million-745199
Jamuna Life Insurance Company???s Board of Directors: http://www.jamunalife.com/webSiteContent/index?value=Board_of_Directors
Jamuna Bank???s Board of Directors : https://jamunabankbd.com/front/information/2/3