British American Tobacco Bangladesh is one of the largest multinational corporations, operated by

British American Tobacco British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products including electronic cigarettes. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, E ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. They are listed on the

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of the

Dhaka Stock Exchange The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ( ''Dhaka stôk ekschenj''), located in Nikunja, Dhaka, is one of the two stock exchanges of Bangladesh, the other being the Chittagong Stock Exchange. In January 2023, DSE and Nasdaq announced their partnership ...

and

Chittagong Stock Exchange The Chittagong Stock Exchange () is a stock exchange based in the port city Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is one of the twin financial hubs of the country, alongside the Dhaka Stock Exchange. Established in 1995, the exchange is located in the A ...

. 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

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, 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

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). British American Tobacco Bangladesh's motto is "success and responsibility go together". Shehzad Munim is the current

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of BATB. He is serving as the first ever Bangladeshi MD in the history of BATB.

Factory Relocation

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited (BAT Bangladesh) is relocating its head office and factory from

Mohakhali Mohakhali () is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Mohakhali is one of the busiest places in Dhaka city. Mohakhali is bounded by Banani (neighbourhood), Banani in the north, Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana, Tejgoan area in the ...

to Ashulia starting from July 1, 2025. The new address will be: Dehora, Dhamsona, Bolivodra Bazar, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. As the Mohakhali factory was situated in a residential area, environmental activists had long been demanding its relocation. Following a legal dispute over lease renewal, the company made this decision after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejected BAT Bangladesh’s appeal.

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References

British American Tobacco Bangladeshi subsidiaries of foreign companies Tobacco companies of Bangladesh Companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange {{Bangladesh-stub