At a glance Founder: Abul Khair (1929-1978) Head office: Pahartali, Chattogram First business: Grocery shop (1950-1951) First small industry: Handmade bidi - No 42 Abul Bidi Founders business: Bidi, brick kiln, lungi and shawl factory, trading First heavy industry business by successors: Corrugated iron sheet factory (1993) Running businesses: Corrugated iron sheets, steel rods, cement, ceramic products and bidi factory Essential products processing factories: Tea, powdered milk, condensed milk, juice, snacks and candy Tax paid in 2020-21 fiscal: Tk 65.21 billion (6,521 crore) Annual revenue: $1.70 billion or about Tk 145 billion (14,500 crore) (Source: IFC) Beginning with bidi There was a trend of jute, bidi industry, brick kiln and handloom in the country during 1950s
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