Khulna Newsprint Mills Limited was a Bangladesh government owned newsprint company and factory. As of 2001, it was the largest newsprint factory in Bangladesh.[1]
History
Khulna Newsprint Mills Limited was established in 1959 in Khalishpur Industrial Area, Khulna. The factory is located on a 87-acre site which includes housing for workers, officers, school, madrassah, and a mosque.[2] Khulna Newsprint supplied cheaper papers than KarnaFuli Paper Mill, the largest papermill in Bangladesh.[3] It was financed under the Colombo Plan by Export Credit Insurance Corporation, which later became Export Development Canada in 1969. Equipment at the factory was supplied by Canadian General Electric.[4]