Khoshroz Group · Since 1939
From publishing in Dhaka to brick manufacturing in Magura and real estate and trade from New York, Khoshroz Group serves customers in Bangladesh, the USA, Canada and the UK.
Khoshroz Kitab Mahal Limited is the parent company of the group. Each business runs its own website and customer line.
Parent company · Publishing & education
15 Banglabazar, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
Publisher and bookseller since 1939, including Islamic books for children and teaching and learning materials for schools. Free delivery across Bangladesh on orders of 10 or more, with cash on delivery.
Online retail · Books abroad
Serving the USA, Canada and the UK
Khoshroz books for readers outside Bangladesh. The site is in English and switches fully to Bangla for Bangladesh. Also available on Amazon.
Sister company · Construction materials
National Development Company Ltd. · Krishnapur, Magura
Auto brick manufacturer and maker of Bangladesh's first green brick. Solid plain, picket and adla bricks plus khoya, supplied to contractors, railway works and government projects.
Sister company · Real estate & trade
New York, United States
Helps non-resident Bangladeshis develop buildings in Bangladesh, and trades goods between Bangladesh and the USA through import and export.
Four lines of business across two countries.
Books and school materials from Khoshroz Kitab Mahal.
Auto bricks from NDC Auto Brick in Magura.
Building development in Bangladesh through NDC Holding LLC.
Import and export between Bangladesh and the USA, and books sold abroad.
Founded in Kolkata by Mohiuddin Ahmed
The late Mohiuddin Ahmed of Magura founded Khoshroz Kitab Mahal in Kolkata in 1939, and later built it in Dhaka. Trusted for four generations, the family business has grown into a group of companies in Bangladesh and the USA.
Khoshroz became the first publishing company in Bangladesh's history to be taken to the USA, and our books now reach readers in the USA, Canada and the UK.
The man who started Khoshroz Kitab Mahal and built Magura Group.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, a native of Magura, founded Khoshroz Kitab Mahal in Kolkata in 1939. Soon after, at a literary gathering, he met the poet Golam Mostafa, then a teacher at Hooghly District School. Golam Mostafa named the publishing house "Khoshroz Kitab Mahal" after his own poem titled "Khoshroz."
In Dhaka, Khoshroz became a pioneer of Bengali-language law books. It started publishing law books in Bengali in 1952, and within a decade it had released the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Penal Code, the Evidence Act, Minor Acts, the Police Handbook and the Code of Civil Procedure in Bengali. Khoshroz also became a leading publisher of police-related books.
His faith shaped his life's work. He was first inspired to publish a Quran translation in 1954. In 1981 a severe illness nearly took his life, and after recovering he performed Hajj. That experience strengthened his commitment to Islamic publishing. He asked Dr. Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman, an Arabic professor at Dhaka University, to translate the Quran, and the full translation was completed after two years of work.
From publishing he expanded into industry, founding Magura Paper Mill, Paper Processing and Packaging, Monospool, Jatiya Mudran and NDC Auto Brick, which together grew into Magura Group. Monospool Paper was listed on the stock exchanges in 1989, and Paper Processing and Packaging is also a listed company. Magura Paper Mills was incorporated in 1981 and began commercial operation in 1997. It was the country's first project to produce kraft liner and fluting medium, the papers needed to make corrugated cartons, and it created direct jobs for 500 people.
Mohiuddin Ahmed passed away on 2 December 2024. Today Magura Group and all its sister concerns are led by Chairman Mustafa Kamal Mohiuddin, with Mostafa Jamal Mohiuddin as Managing Director across the group. They carry forward the publishing, paper and industrial enterprises he built over more than eight decades.
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Head office · Dhaka
15 Banglabazar, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
Saturday to Thursday, 9am to 8pm
Factory · Magura
National Development Company Ltd.
Krishnapur, Magura 7600, Bangladesh
United States · New York
Real estate in Bangladesh
Import & export with the USA
Order from Bangladesh, or from the USA, Canada and the UK.