British American Tobacco Bangladesh

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British American Tobacco Bangladesh

Company type	Public limited company
Traded as	DSE: BATBC^[1]
Industry	Tobacco
Founded	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Headquarters	Mohakhali, Dhaka
Key people	Shehzad Munim (managing director)
Products	Cigarettes
Parent	British American Tobacco
Website	batbangladesh.com

British American Tobacco Bangladesh is one of the largest multinational corporations, operated by British American Tobacco in Bangladesh. They are listed on the stock index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange. It is doing its business over 100 years in this region. It was founded in Bangladesh in 1910. It had established its first depot at Armanitola in Dhaka. After partition in 1947, it was established in 1949. After the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan, it was renamed as Bangladesh Tobacco Company (BTC) in 1972. But in 1998, it is again renamed as British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB). In Bangladesh, British American Tobacco Bangladesh has more than 1,200 people as direct employees and more than 50,000 people as indirect employees (mostly farmers).^[2]

British American Tobacco Bangladesh's motto is "success and responsibility go together". Shehzad Munim is the current managing director of BATB. He is serving as the first ever Bangladeshi MD in the history of BATB.^[3]

Brands

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Benson & Hedges
John Player Gold Leaf
Lucky Strike
Capstan
Star
Royals
Derby
Pilot
Hollywood^[4]

References

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^ "Welcome to DSE – Dhaka Stock Exchange". Dsebd.org. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
^ "British American Tobacco Bangladesh – British American Tobacco Bangladesh". Batbangladesh.com. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
^ "First Bangladeshi MD for British American Tobacco". Archive.thedailystar.net. 2013-10-01. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
^ "Our brands". 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

British American Tobacco

Subsidiaries

Current

Former

Integrated¹	Batus Inc. (USA) Brown & Williamson (USA) Ente Tabacchi Italiani Italy Murray, Sons and Company (UK) Rothmans International (USA)
Sold	Allied Dunbar British American Racing The Crescent Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft Eagle Star Insurance Farmers Insurance Group Frederick & Nelson Gimbels Kohl's Marshall Field's