Transcom Limited is a Bangladeshi business conglomerate . The businesses under this group include beverage, pharmaceuticals, newspaper, radio channel, electronics, foods, etc. Transcom is the local agent or comprador of international brands. This group employs more than 10,000 people. Transcom Group is one of the oldest and biggest companies in Bangladesh. Their operation in Bangladesh initially started in 1985 as a tea plantation company.
12-596: Latifur Rahman established Transcom Group in 1973 after W Rahman Jute Mills, the major earning source for the Rahman family, was nationalised in 1972. This diversified business house now has interests in many segments in the industrial and service sectors in Bangladesh. Transcom is the local agent or comprador of international brands like Pizza Hut, KFC, Pepsi and Philips, etc. Leading Danish insulin manufacturer Novo Nordisk has also chosen Transcoms pharmaceutical company Eskayef as
24-541: Is a managing director of Eskayef Bangladesh Limited , Transcom Consumer Products Limited and Transcom Distribution Limited. Shazneen was killed at home in Gulshan, Dhaka in 1998 by their household domestic helpers. Simeen's younger son, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain , was killed in the 2016 Gulshan attack . Latifur Rahman died on 1 July 2020 at his residence at Chheora village in Chauddagram Upazila , Comilla aged 75. He
36-522: The Paris -based International Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term in July 2014. He served as the president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka. Latifur Rahman served as the chairman of the following companies. Latifur Rahman was married to Shahnaz Rahman. Together they had three daughters, Simeen Hossain, Shazneen Rahman , and Shahzreh Huq, and a son, Arshad Waliur Rahman. Simeen
48-522: The 2012 Oslo Business for Peace Award for maintaining commitment to social responsibility and ethical values. Rahman was also the vice president of ICC Bangladesh, and chairman of Nestlé Bangladesh, Holcim Bangladesh and National Housing Finance and Investments. He was a director of Linde Bangladesh (formerly British Oxygen) and member of the governing board of BRAC , the world's largest non-governmental organization. Latifur Rahman (businessperson) Latifur Rahman (28 August 1945 – 1 July 2020)
60-450: The accused. The accused are Shahidul Islam, domestic help, contractor Syed Sajjad Mainuddin Hasan, his assistant Badal, and carpenter Shaniram Mandal. Two other accused were maids Estema Khatun Minu and Parvin. On 2 September 2003, the six accused were sentenced to death by Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal . On 10 July 2006, Bangladesh High Court upheld the death sentence of
72-400: The main earning source for his family, was nationalised in 1972. In the 1980s, Latifur Rahman became the sole importer and distributor of Nestlé products in Bangladesh. In the 1990s, he bought Smith, Kline & French , a US-based pharmaceutical which had merged into Beecham Group , a British company, and renamed it Eskayef . Latifur Rahman was elected a member of the executive board of
84-642: The murder case in the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court as the case was indicted in the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal. The accused appealed the High Court Verdict. On 11 November 1999 a four-member Appellate Division bench made out of Chief Justice Mustafa Kamal , Justices Latifur Rahman , AM Mahmudur Rahman, and Mahmudul Amin Choudhury rejected the appeal of
96-534: The nation's leading English and Bangla newspapers. Latifur Rahman received the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2012 in 2012 for business ethics and social responsibility. Latifur Rahman started his career as a trainee in 1966 in his family-owned jute mills in Chandpur District . He worked as an executive in the mills until 1971. Latifur Rahman established Transcom Group in 1973 after W Rahman Jute Mills ,
108-848: The sole manufacturer of its products after China and India in Asia. Some of the foreign brands managed by the group include: Pepsi , 7Up , Mirinda , Mountain Dew , Diet Pepsi , 7up Light , Aquafina , Sting , Evervess, KFC , Pizza Hut , Philips N.V, Whirlpool , Maybelline , Garnier , Heinz, Frito-Lay , Lindt , Servier , Novo Nordisk . Transcom Group also owns two major newspapers, The Daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Star , and an FM radio channel, ABC Radio, to advocate in favour of their business policy. Some other ventures by Transcom Group include pharmaceuticals ( Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd. ), distribution (Transcom Distribution Company ltd), etc. The chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, Latifur Rahman, won
120-539: Was a Bangladeshi business magnate and media mogul . He served as the founding chairman and CEO of Transcom Group which deals with beverages, electrical and electronics products, pharmaceuticals, fast food, snacks and breakfast cereals, print media, FM radio and tea plantations mostly as the comprador of international brands like Pizza Hut , KFC , Pepsi and Philips . He was the founding director of Mediaworld and Chairman of Mediastar, which owned The Daily Star and Prothom Alo newspapers, respectively. Both are
132-474: Was buried at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka . Shazneen Tasnim Rahman murder Shazneen Tasnim Rahman murder was the rape and murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman in Dhaka , Bangladesh which became a "sensational" case. Shazneen Tasnim Rahman was the daughter of Latifur Rahman , the founder and chairman of Transcom Group . She was 15 in 1998 and a student of Scholastica in Dhaka . Shazneen Tasnim Rahman
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#1733084958125144-756: Was raped and murdered in her home in Gulshan , Dhaka on 23 April 1998. She was stabbed 20 times. Her body was discovered by domestic help Moslem Hawlader. There was a party going on in the house. Her father filed a case on 24 April 1998 in Gulshan Police station. On 4 September 1998, the Criminal Investigation Department filed a case under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. On 6 December 1998 charges were pressed against six accused. On 13 April 1999, murder and rape charges were framed. On 6 July 1999, Bangladesh High Court Justice Mohammad Abdul Karim and Justice A. B. M. Khairul Haque stayed
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