Md. Harun Or Rashid

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Md. Harun Or Rashid is the founding chairman of Shakti Edible Products Ltd. This company was started in 2011 with an aim to pack and trade edible oils under its own brand. Mr Harun has16 years experience as an employee of edible oil manufacturers and refiners such as Meghna Group and City Group. After years of hard work, Mr Harun led his company from packaging bulk oil and selling it in a retail market to setting up their own refinery plant in 2019.