Sikder Group controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Thai asset-freezing order
A Dhaka court ordered the freezing of investments totaling 353 million Thai baht in seven Thai companies linked to three children of former National Bank chairman Zainul Haque Sikder.
2024
Bank exposure and loan-classification scrutiny
Late-2024 reporting described First Security Islami Bank exposure to Sikder Group exceeding Tk 2,254 crore and alleged that a significant portion of the lending had not been classified properly.
2020
Exim Bank shooting and abduction allegations
Exim Bank filed a complaint alleging that its managing director and associate managing director had been shot at and abducted. Ron Haque Sikder and Dipu Haque Sikder were named in the case, later left Bangladesh by air ambulance, and were subsequently acquitted after the complainant did not object to acceptance of a police final report.
2010
California worker-exploitation lawsuit
California filed a US$6.6 million lawsuit against a carwash business associated with Sikder Group, alleging that workers had been exploited. The available reference does not provide the final disposition or detailed findings.