Pahartoli Textiles Limited, a 100% export-oriented spinning mill of one of Bangladesh’s leading industrial groups, Ispahani Group, located at North Pahartali in the port city of Chattogram, has achieved a significant milestone in environmentally responsible and sustainable production. The Production Unit-2 of Pahartoli Textiles Limited has been awarded the prestigious LEED Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

On 9 August 2026, the certificate was formally handed over to Mr. Mirza Salman Ispahani, Chairman of Ispahani Group, by Mr. Mahendra Jayalath, Chairman, Green Building Council, Sri Lanka.

The ceremony was attended by Mr. Mirza Shakir Ispahani, Managing Director of Ispahani Group; Mr. Mirza Ahmed Ispahani, Director of Ispahani; Engineer Belayet Hossain, Chairman of Chattogram Development Authority (CDA), along with distinguished industrialists of Chattogram, LEED Platinum consultants, architects, senior bankers, senior officials of Ispahani Group, and other distinguished guests.

The LEED Platinum certification recognizes Pahartoli Textiles Limited’s commitment to maintaining high standards in environmentally responsible manufacturing through energy-efficient machinery, the use of renewable solar energy, and sustainable production practices.

Established in 1954, Pahartoli Textiles Limited has been playing an important role in Bangladesh’s textile industry for decades. The company currently provides employment to approximately 1,800 people. Operated through modern technology and efficient production systems, Pahartoli Textiles Limited has five production units, with an annual yarn production capacity of approximately 23,000 metric tons.

Approximately 70% of the company’s raw materials are sourced from environmentally responsible sources. In addition to modern eco-friendly machinery, the facility utilizes recovered exhaust gas from captive generators in its production process. The company also has a rainwater harvesting and conservation system with a capacity of 1 million liters, along with a green environment enriched with more than 12,000 trees. These initiatives have further strengthened the company’s appeal to leading international apparel brands.

This achievement by Pahartoli Textiles Limited marks another significant step forward for Bangladesh’s industrial sector in advancing sustainable management and environmentally responsible manufacturing practices.

‘জাতীয় চা পুরস্কার ২০২৬’-এ ইস্পাহানির অনন্য অর্জন
বাংলাদেশের ঐতিহ্যবাহী প্রতিষ্ঠান ইস্পাহানি টি লিমিটেডের ‘মির্জাপুর চা-বাগান’ টানা দ্বিতীয়বারের মতো শ্রমিক কল্যাণের ভিত্তিতে শ্রেষ্ঠ চা বাগান ক্যাটাগরিতে ‘জাতীয় চা পুরস্কার’ জিতে নিয়েছে। এছাড়াও ইস্পাহানির মালিকানাধীন নেপচুন চা বাগানের চা শ্রমিক ‘জেসমিন আক্তার’ ‘শ্রেষ্ঠ চা-পাতা চয়নকারী’ ক্যাটাগরিতে পুরস্কার অর্জন করেছেন।
জাতীয় চা দিবস ২০২৬ উপলক্ষে আয়োজিত অনুষ্ঠানে বিজয়ীদের হাতে ‘জাতীয় চা পুরস্কার ২০২৬’ এর পুরস্কার তুলে দেন অনুষ্ঠানের প্রধান অতিথি জনাব খন্দকার আব্দুল মুক্তাদির, এমপি, মাননীয় মন্ত্রী, বানিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয়। ‘শ্রমিক কল্যাণের ভিত্তিতে শ্রেষ্ঠ চা-বাগান’ ক্যাটাগরিতে ইস্পাহানির মির্জাপুর চা বাগানের পক্ষে পুরস্কার গ্রহণ করেন ইস্পাহানি গ্রুপের চেয়ারম্যান জনাব মির্জা সালমান ইস্পাহানি। এছাড়াও ইস্পাহানির নেপচুন চা বাগানের চা শ্রমিক ‘জেসমিন আক্তার’ এবার ‘শ্রেষ্ঠ চা-পাতা চয়নকারী’ ক্যাটাগরিতে পুরস্কার গ্রহণ করেন ।
দেশের চা-শিল্পের বিভিন্ন ক্ষেত্রে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অবদানের স্বীকৃতি হিসেবে বাণিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয় ও বাংলাদেশ চা বোর্ডের যৌথ উদ্যোগে ‘জাতীয় চা পুরস্কার’ দেওয়া হয়। বাণিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয়ের মাননীয় মাননীয় সচিব জনাব _______ সভাপতিত্বে আয়োজিত এ অনুষ্ঠানে বিশেষ অতিথি হিসেবে উপস্থিত ছিলেন মৌলভীবাজার-০৪ আসনের মাননীয় সংসদ সদস্য, আলহাজ্ব মোঃ মুজিবুর রহমান চৌধুরী, বাংলাদেশ চা বোর্ডের চেয়ারম্যান মেজর জেনারেল মোঃ মেসবাহ উদ্দিন আহমেদ,এসপিপি, এনডিসি, এএফডব্লিউসি, পিএসসি; ‘টি ট্রেডার্স এসোসিয়েশন অব বাংলাদেশ’ এর চেয়ারম্যান জনাব শাহ্‌ মঈনুদ্দীন হাসান এবং ‘বাংলাদেশীয় চা সংসদ’ এর সভাপতি জনাব কামরান টি রহমান। এছাড়াও বাংলাদেশের চা শিল্পের সাথে জড়িত বিভিন্ন ব্যক্তিগণ এ অনুষ্ঠানে উপস্থিত ছিলেন।

Congratulations to the Ispahani Group for their remarkable achievement! Three tea gardens and one textile mill have been honored with the Green Factory Award for 2023, recognizing their dedication to both workers and the environment. Mirzapore, Zareen, Ghazipore Tea Gardens, and Pahartali Textile and Hosiery Mills lead the way in sustainable practices in Bangladesh.

Ispahani Mirzapore won the “Best Hot Beverage Brand (Tea) Award 2021” on Wednesday (29 December) for the seventh consecutive year.

Along with this, it won the second top spot in the “Overall Best Brand” category among all local and multinational brands in the “Best Brand Award 2021” organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum in partnership with NielsenIQ at a hotel in the capital, reads a press release.

S M Didarul Hasan, deputy general manager of the company’s marketing department received the awards on behalf of Ispahani Group along with the other officials from marketing department.

A survey was performed under the “Winning Brands,” a world-renowned brand research model of NielsenIQ where Ispahani Mirzapore has won the “The Most Loved Brand” spot by consumers.

বাংলাদেশ-জিম্বাবুয়ে ক্রিকেট সিরিজে টাইটেল স্পন্সর ইস্পাহানি

আসন্ন বাংলাদেশ-জিম্বাবুয়ে সিরিজে টাইটেল স্পন্সর হয়েছে ইস্পাহানি। জিম্বাবুয়েতে অনুষ্ঠিতব্য এবারের সিরিজে ১টি টেস্ট ম্যাচ, ৩টি একদিনের আন্তর্জাতিক ম্যাচ (ওয়ানডে) ও ৩টি টি-টোয়েন্টি ম্যাচ অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। এর অংশ হিসেবে তিনটি সিরিজটির নাম হবে-ইস্পাহানি টেস্ট সিরিজ, ইস্পাহানি ওডিআই সিরিজ এবং ইস্পাহানি টি-টোয়েন্টি সিরিজ।

আগামী ৭ই জুলাই টেস্ট ম্যাচ দিয়ে সিরিজের খেলা শুরু হবে। সিরিজের প্রথম একদিনের আন্তর্জাতিক ম্যাচ শুরু হবে ১৬ই জুলাই এবং প্রথম টি-টোয়েন্টি ম্যাচ অনুষ্ঠিত হবে ২৩শে জুলাই। সবগুলো খেলা অনুষ্ঠিত হবে জিম্বাবুয়ের রাজধানী হারারেতে।

Ispahani Tea Limited received an honorary commemorative in recognition of its significant contribution to the tea industry of Bangladesh at a function organized on the occasion of the ‘Second National Tea Day 2022’.

The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the first Bengali Chairman of the Tea Board on 4th June 1957. To make the day memorable, Bangladesh Tea Board has been celebrating the 4th of June every year as the National Tea Day since 2021. 

On this occasion, Bangladesh Tea Board organized a grand program on 4th June 2022, at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium, Dhaka. Special honours and recognitions were given to various individuals and organizations for their important contributions to tea production and the development of the tea industry of Bangladesh. 

At this time, the Minister of Commerce handed over a special memento to Mirza Salman Ispahani, Chairman of Ispahani Group, one of the leading organizations in the tea industry of Bangladesh. 

Minister of Commerce Tipu Munshi was present as the chief guest while the Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed was present as the special guest at the ceremony. 

The event was presided over by Tapan Kanti Ghosh, senior secretary, Ministry of Commerce. 

Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Board Major General Md Ashraful Islam; FBCCI President Mohammad Jasim Uddin; Chairman of Tea Traders Association of Bangladesh Omar Hannan and Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association, M Shah Alam were present at the program. 

Various people involved in the tea industry of Bangladesh were also present on the occasion. 

Ispahani Agro Ltd launches organic insecticide ‘Fawligen’ to fight fall armyworm

The National Fall Armyworm Taskforce organized a day-long workshop on “Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Control Management” at BARC auditorium in the city recently, said a press release.

Dr Abdur Rauf, additional secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, inaugurated the commercialization process of organic pesticide “Fawligen or SfNPV” in Bangladesh as the chief guest.
 
Kamala Ranjan Das, additional secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Md Asad Ullah, director, Sorejomin Wing, Dr Md Nazirul Islam as a guest of honor, director general of BARI, Dr Md Israel Hossain, director general of BWMRI, attended the opening ceremony while Dr Shah Mohammad Bakhtiyar, executive chairman of BARC, presided over it.

After official inauguration of ‘Fawligen’, Fawzia Yasmeen, director of Ispahani Agro Limited, gave a short talk on the topic. Dr Timothy J Kropnik, country representative of Summit, Bangladesh, also presented the main article in the workshop.

Fall Armyworm whose scientific name is Spodoptera frugiperda, is worldwide known as a deadly harmful and destructive insect. It attacks about 60 crops, including maize, sorghum, cotton, nuts, tobacco, and a variety of fruits and vegetables.
 
However, the attack rate of maize crop is the highest. Insects cause severe damage to crops by eating the leaves of trees. Chemical pesticides are not very much effective in controlling these insects but the insects can be effectively controlled by applying organic pesticides at the right time, in the right way.

Though this insect is mainly from American continent, in 2016 it was attacked in Africa and in 2018 it was attacked in different countries of South Asia including Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.

As there is no effective organic pesticide for controlling fall armyworm insects in Bangladesh, Ispahani Agro Limited has contacted AgBiTech, an organic pesticide manufacturer in Texas, USA, to provide effective pesticide ‘Fawligen’ in Bangladesh. It is then approved for use in controlling fall armyworm insects based on satisfactory results from all types of lab and field tests.

The National Fall Armyworm Taskforce, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Simit, USAID and above all, the assistance of the Department of Agricultural Extension are gratefully acknowledged for all aspects of the search for organic pesticides, import into the country, permission for commercialization following due process.

Approximately 35 high officials working in different national and international organizations attended the workshop.

Source :The Financial Express, 7th October,2020
https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade-market/ispahani-agro-ltd-launches-organic-insecticide-fawligen-to-fight-fall-armyworm-1601998647

Ispahani Tea Limited Chairman Mirza Salman Ispahani received the BT-23 tea sapling from the Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi recently.

On the occasion of ‘First National Tea Day 2021’ organised by Bangladesh Tea Board at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka, the high-quality tea saplings of BT-22 and BT-23 invented in Bangladesh were unveiled.

BT-23 is a high-quality tea plant variety developed by BTRI, the tea research institute of Bangladesh. This tea variety was invented to promote the production of better quality tea in the tea gardens of Bangladesh in the future.

In recognition of Ispahani’s contribution to the tea industry in Bangladesh and the cultivation of this tree variant in Ispahani’s tea gardens, the seedling of this tree was presented to Ispahani, so that they can help to increase the quality of tea produced in Bangladesh.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi was present on the occasion as the chief guest. Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed MP was present as the special guest on the occasion.

The opening ceremony of the 2nd Bangabandhu International Squash Tournament, organized for the second time under the patronage of Ispahani, was successfully held at Gulshan Club, Dhaka.

The tournament, organized by Bangladesh Squash Rackets Federation, is being held on a larger scale where for the first time the main tournament includes a total of three events including two international competitions with the participation of renowned squash players from home and abroad.

This tournament was organized for the first time in 2021 under the name of Bangabandhu International Squash Tournament, also under the patronage of Ispahani.

Professional players from Iran, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia will participate in the five-day long tournament from October 5-9 where 16 male players will represent Bangladesh. 

Besides, in the Satellite Tour for women, the women players of Bangladesh will play against the professional women players of Sri Lanka.

Moreover, this time there will be a youth competition divided into four groups in which more than 150 young players from 27 clubs of Dhaka, Comilla, Gopalganj, Khagrachhari and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan will compete. 

This year’s international and youth competition matches are being held at Dhaka’s Gulshan Club, Uttara Club, Army Squash Complex and Officers’ Mess.

On October 9, the semi-finals will be telecast at 12:20pm and the final will be aired live from Gulshan Club Squash Complex at 5pm on ATN Bangla. 

The inaugural function was presided over by Muhammad Faruk Khan, MP, while the Youth and Sports Secretary, Mejbah Uddin was present as the chief guest at the program.

Besides, Ispahani Group’s director Emad Ispahani, vice president of Bangladesh Olympic Association and President of Bangladesh Archery Federation Lt. General Md. Mainul Islam (retd), secretary general of BOA Syed Shahed Reza, president of Gulshan Club Rafiqul Alam Helal and general manager of Ispahani Group, Omar Hannan were present as special guests.

Other officials of BSRF and Ispahani Group were also present on the occasion.

Omar in his welcome speech paid tribute to the Father of the Nation and thanked the organizers on behalf of the Ispahani Group for once again being closely associated with this international tournament. 

It is to note that Ispahani Group is always inspirited to support the flourishment of squash in Bangladesh.

Ispahani also patronizes cricket, football, basketball, chess, golf, and other sports.

Ispahani becomes Bangladesh-Afghanistan series title sponsor

Ispahani has become the title sponsor for the bilateral series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) declared Ispahani as the title sponsor and Walton as the power sponsor at a press briefing held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday (20 February).

The two team will play a three-match ODI series and a two-match T20 series at the “Ispahani Cricket Series 2022”. 

The three ODIs are scheduled to be held on 23, 25 and 28 February at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram and the two international T20s on 3 and 5 March at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.

T-Sports and Gazi TV will broadcast the matches live.

BCB director and Chairman of the Media Committee Tanvir Ahmed Titu, General Manager (Marketing) of Title Sponsor Ispahani Limited, Omar Hannan, General Manager, Marketing of Ispahani, Senior Executive Director and CMO of Walton Group Md Feroz Alam, title and ground branding rights holder Impress-Matra Consortium’s Khandaker Alamgir, and others were present at the press briefing.