The formation of Cosmos Group coincided with that of Bangladesh. In less than four decades, Cosmos has grown into a large conglomerate with a substantial presence in multiple sectors, namely oil and gas, mining, telecommunications, instrumentation, shipping and logistics, media, manufacturing, and trading. As a rising Bangladeshi conglomerate, Cosmos Group is steadily leaving a gradually-expanding footprint globally.

As a media entrepreneur, Mr Khan established the United News of Bangladesh (UNB), the first fully digitalised wire service in South Asia and is the founding editor of the ‘Dhaka Courier’, an independent newsweekly.