National Tea Company Limited is a Bangladeshi state owned tea company based in Dhaka. Sheikh Kabir Hossain, a relative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is the chairman of the company.[1] Mr. Syed Shahriyar Ahsan is a Director of the company. Syed is the Managing Director of Sadharan Bima Corporation of Bangladesh (SBC). He was nominated as a Director of the Company from Sadharan Bima Corporation in October 1, 2016.[2] Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, chairman of Padma Bank, is a shareholder director of the company representing Finex Software Limited.[3][4]
History
National Tea Company was established in East Pakistan by the Adamjee Group of Companies. After the liberation of Bangladesh, the Adamjee family left for Karachi leaving all their East Pakistani properties behind. The National Tea Company was nationalized by the government of Bangladesh after liberation.