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Dragon Group
Company typeCorporate group
IndustryTextile manufacturing
FoundedJune 16, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-06-16) in Comilla, Bangladesh
Headquarters
Comilla
,
Bangladesh
Area served
International
Key people
Mostafa Quamrus Sobhan, Chairman
Mostafa Golam Quddus, Managing Director
Fauzia Quamrun Tania, Director
ProductsSweaters
Socks
Insurance policies
Life insurances
Number of employees
12.500+[1][2]
SubsidiariesDragon Sweater and Spinning
Dragon Sweater Bangladesh
Imperial Sweater Bangladesh
Perag Socks Industries
Dragon Information Technology & Communication
Apparel Asia Pty
CD Spinning Mills
CD Acrylic Bangladesh
MountSky
Rupali Insurance Company
Sonali Life Insurance Company[3][4]
Websitewww.dsslbd.com
www.dragon-sweater.net

Dragon Group is a group of garment factories and other companies in Bangladesh. The group produces mainly for the international market and exports to more than 30 countries, especially Germany.[5] Its subsidiary Dragon Sweater employs more than 12.000 workers and in 2018 was one of the 10 most-traded companies on the Dhaka Stock Exchange.[6]

Organisation

Mostafa Golam Quddus, a former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), is the group's chairman. His son, Mostafa Quamrus Sobhan, oversees the day-to-day operations as Managing Director. His daughter, Fauzia Quamrun Tania, is one of the group's directors.[7]

Dragon Sweater Bangladesh actively participates in various corporate social responsibilities such as Eye Camp for families of garment workers, education facilities for children of garments workers in remote villages, and accommodations of poor orphans and old women of garment workers. All these initiatives take place in Mia Bazaar, Comilla.

History

Cheung Hing Sweater was the first Dragon Group sweater factory to be established. It was founded in the 1980s with 50 Chinese technicians, about 300 machines and about 600 employees.

Dragon sweater gets IPO approval https://www.thedailystar.net/business/dragon-sweater-gets-go-ahead-ipo-183913

  1. ^ "About Us". Dragon Sweater Bangladesh. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  2. ^ "Dragon Sweater and Spinning Ltd Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Dragon Sweater & Spinning Ltd. 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  3. ^ "Dragon Group of Companies". Dragon Sweater Bangladesh. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  4. ^ "Group Companies". Dragon Sweater and Spinning. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  5. ^ Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2009-08-13). "Dragon to expand with new yarn unit". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  6. ^ "Dragon Sweater leads turnover, gainer charts". The Financial Express. 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  7. ^ "Dragon Group of Companies. Management". Dragon Sweater. Retrieved 2020-10-20.