PRAN-RFL Group

PRAN-RFL Group (Bengali: াণ-আরএফএল প) is one of

the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh.[1] It is the largest
PRAN-RFL
agribusiness in Bangladesh.[2] PRAN (Bengali: াণ) means life in াণ-আরএফএল
Bengali.[3]

History
PRAN (Programme for Rural Advancement Nationally)[4] was
established in 1981 by retired Major General Amjad Khan
Chowdhury and has become one of the largest food and beverage
brands in Bangladesh.[5][6] PRAN pioneered agribusiness in
Bangladesh by providing farmers with guaranteed prices.[7]
PRAN Foods, a subsidiary of the PRAN-RFL Group,[8] produces
a number of agricultural products under the PRAN banner. PRAN
established a subsidiary company in UAE in 2003.[9] In 2008, the
company announced plans to open a production facility in Tripura, Logo of the PRAN-RFL Group,
India, after the Indian government lifted the ban on direct
investment from Bangladesh in 2007.[1] The PRAN group's Type Business enterprise
exports had reached 10 billion taka by 2016, with the biggest Inception 1981
markets for the company in India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Website pranfoods.net (http://pran
Malaysia, and Oman.[10] The same year the revenue for PRAN foods.net)
exceeded US$500 million.[11] PRAN started exporting potatoes in www.rflbd.com (http://ww
March 2016.[12] In April 2016, PRAN started to export cassava w.rflbd.com)
and the first shipment, worth US$3 million, was sent to New
Zealand.[13] PRAN has 80 thousand direct employees and 200 thousand indirect employees.[14] PRAN
exports to over 118 different countries.[15]

Awards
Awards from the National Board of Revenue for being top VAT payer at the district level in the
2018-2019 financial year.[16]

References
1. "Pran to build first foreign plant in India" (http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-20358). The
Daily Star. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "Pran makes it big in dairy business" (http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-214548). The
Daily Star. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
3. ব বহািরক বাংলা অিভধান. Dhaka: Bangla Academy.
4. IANS (4 June 2015). "First Bangladeshi food processing unit in India" (http://www.business-sta
ndard.com/article/news-ians/first-bangladeshi-food-processing-unit-in-india-115060400454_1.
html). Business Standard India. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
 5. "Amjad Khan's death anniv observed" (https://web.archive.org/web/20170205075202/http://en.
prothom-alo.com/corporate/news/111259/Amjad-Khan%E2%80%99s-death-anniv-observed).
Prothom Alo. Archived from the original (http://en.prothom-alo.com/corporate/news/111259/Amj
ad-Khan%E2%80%99s-death-anniv-observed) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
6. Bilkis, Shahana (12 March 2014). "Bangladeshi agro-processed food has good prospect
abroad" (http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/03/12/22986). The Financial Express.
Dhaka.
7. Sobhan, Rehman (4 October 2010). Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive
Development in South Asia (https://books.google.com/books?id=BBQKr8mIcAIC&pg=PA111).
SAGE Publications. p. 111. ISBN 9788132104681.
8. "GDCL to arrange Tk 1b fund for Pran thru Islamic Bond issue" (http://www.observerbd.com/20
16/04/08/145668.php). The Daily Observer. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
9. Basit, Abdul. "Pran Foods expects 60% sales growth in 2014" (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/bu
siness/markets/pran-foods-expects-60-sales-growth-in-2014). Khaleej Times. Retrieved
31 March 2017.
10. "PRAN-RFL fetches over Tk 1,000cr from export" (http://daily-sun.com/post/149798/PRANRFL-
fetches-over-Tk-1000cr-from-export). Daily Sun. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
11. Mitra, Sounak (10 February 2016). "If Shan doesn't get you, PRAN will" (http://www.livemint.co
m/Industry/56K8rW8kKBm7pN6sv6CzTO/If-Shan-doesnt-get-you-Pran-will.html). livemint.com/.
Retrieved 1 April 2017.
12. "PRAN starts potato export" (http://www.thedailystar.net/business/pran-starts-potato-export-789
643). The Daily Star. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
13. "PRAN to export $3m of cassava to New Zealand" (http://www.thedailystar.net/business/pran-e
xport-3m-cassava-new-zealand-1207789). The Daily Star. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March
2017.
14. "In memory of the man who built Pran" (http://www.thedailystar.net/business/global-business/m
emory-the-man-who-built-pran-1250362). The Daily Star. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 31 March
2017.
15. "PRAN aims at poverty cut, employs over 10 lakh workers" (https://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/
details/149796/PRAN-aims-at-poverty-cut-employs-over-10-lakh-workers/2016-07-10). Daily
Sun. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
16. " সরা ভ াট দাতার স াননা পল াণ-আরএফএল এর চার িত ান | বাংলােদশ সংবাদ সং া (বাসস)" (htt
p://www.bssnews.net/bangla/?p=296006). Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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