Concord Group
Concord Group is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. The industries under this conglomerate include construction, real estate, architecture & design, communication, entertainment, hospitality, and garments. SM Kamaluddin is the chairman. History. Concord Group was founded in 1975. Concord Group completed Fantasy Kingdom, a multimillion-dollar amusement park, in 2002 in Savar. In 2004, the Government of Bangladesh leased the historic Foy's Lake to Concord Group for 50 years to develop into a resort and amusement park named Foy's Lake Concord. In 2007, Concord Group started the construction of Police Plaza. The shopping complex, Police Plaza was built in partnership  with Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust of Bangladesh Police. The Plaza is located in Gulshan and was completed in 2015. Concord Group has set up the first satellite township in Bangladesh. Also they constructed Bangladesh's first revolving tower in Chattogram. Concord setup 7 world class theme parks in Bangladesh such as Fantasy Kingdom & Foy's Lake Complex. They introduced Reinforced Concrete Block Masonry technology which is a better structural system for earthquakeprone zones. Controversy. The Department of Environment fined Concord Group 1.4 million taka for building a 12-storey and two 15-storey buildings without the departments permission. On 17  September 2015, the Bangladesh High Court required Concord to hand over an 18-story building built on land of Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage. It was determined that the contract used to acquire the land was illegal. Awards. BID international Quality Summit (IQS) Award 2010 in New York based on "Excellence, Innovation, Customer Satisfaction, Technology, Leadership Strategic Planning & Business Results". They are recipient of the Daily Star - DHL Bangladesh Business Award in the category: "Enterprise of the year 2000' in recognition of "Outstanding Leadership Quality and as Role model in Corporate Business in Bangladesh.