PRAN

PRAN
প্রাণ

Launch year	1981
Company	Pran Foods
Website	pranfoods.net

PRAN (Bengali: প্রাণ) is a food processing brand in Bangladesh. Established in 1981, PRAN has become one of the largest food and beverage brands in Bangladesh and has been exported to 95 countries.^[1] Pran Foods, A subsidiary of PRAN-RFL Group, produces a number of agro products under the banner of PRAN.

Products

• Juice
• Drinks
• Bakery
• Carbonated soft drink
• Snacks
• Culinary
• Confectionery
• Biscuits
• Dairy products
• Sauce n ads are s

References

1. Bilkis, Shahana (12 March 2014). "Bangladeshi agro-processed food has good prospect abroad". The Financial Express. Dhaka.

Further reading

• Bangladesh: northwest region development and investment study, ADB TA no. 2545 : final report : paper presentation and discussion of the national planning session. Ministry of Planning, Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 2000.
• Khaled, Kowsher Jahan (23 January 2008). "Pran to build first foreign plant in India". The Daily Star.
• Sobhan, Rehman (2010). Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia. SAGE Publications. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-81-321-0468-1.
• Parvez, Sohel (17 December 2011). "Pran makes it big in dairy business". The Daily Star.
• Development Effectiveness Report 2012: Private Sector Operations. Asian Development Bank. 2013. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-92-9254-148-4.
• "PRAN recalls turmeric powder in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. 2 November 2013.
• Khaled, Kowsher Jahan (23 October 2014). "Pran books $2.45m orders at Paris fair". The Daily Star.
• Basit, Abdul (12 December 2014). "Pran Foods expects 60% sales growth in 2014". Khaleej Times. Dubai.
• Zhou, Yuan; Babu, Suresh (2015). Knowledge Driven Development: Private Extension and Global Lessons. Elsevier Science. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-0-12-802363-1.
• "First Bangladeshi food processing unit in India". Business Standard. New Delhi. IANS. 4 June 2015.
• "PRAN-RFL Group CEO Amjad Khan Chowdhury dies". The Independent. Dhaka. UNB. 8 July 2015.
• "PRAN-RFL Group founder Amjad Khan Chowdhury dies". bdnews24.com. 9 July 2015.
• "PRAN-RFL founder Amjad Khan Chy dies". New Age. Dhaka. 9 July 2015.
• "PRAN-RFL Group CEO Amjad Khan laid to rest". The Daily Star. UNB. 15 July 2015.
• Rahman, Sajjadur (10 August 2015). "Pran triples export earnings in 4 years". The Daily Star.
• "Pran gets good response at food fair in Germany". The Daily Star. 19 October 2015.
• Parvez, Sohel (20 October 2015). "Pran aims to gain a foothold in cake, pastry market". The Daily Star.
• "Pran to export foods to Yemen". The Daily Star. 17 January 2016.
• "Pran to borrow $13m from abroad to upgrade plant". The Daily Star. 4 February 2016.
• "PRAN gets $13m loans from 2 global financiers". New Age. Dhaka. 5 February 2016.
• Mitra, Sounak (10 February 2016). "If Shan doesn't get you, Pran will". Live Mint.
• "Natore Pran factory shut amid workers' protest". The Daily Observer. 25 February 2016.
• "Workers' demo halts production at Natore Pran factory". The Daily Star. 25 February 2016.
• "Workers' demonstration halts Natore Pran factory production". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 25 February 2016.
• "Pran factory vandalised after authorities underpay workers". New Age. Dhaka. 26 February 2016.
• "Pran starts potato export". The Daily Star. 10 March 2016.
• "GDCL to arrange Tk 1b fund for Pran thru Islamic Bond issue". The Daily Observer. 8 April 2016.
• "Pran to export $3m of cassava to New Zealand". The Daily Star. 11 April 2016.
• "PRAN to export cassava to NZ". The Independent. Dhaka. 12 April 2016.
• Rahman, Md Fazlur (4 July 2016). "In memory of the man who built Pran". The Daily Star.
• "Amjad Khan's death anniv observed". Prothom Alo. 8 July 2016.
• "PRAN-RFL fetches over Tk 1,000cr from export". The Daily Sun. Dhaka. 9 July 2016.
• "PRAN aims at poverty cut, employs over 10 lakh workers". The Daily Sun. Dhaka. 9 July 2016.
• Parvez, Sohel (11 July 2016). "Food products show great export promise". The Daily Star.
• "PRAN-RFL chairman Mahtabuddin Ahmed dies". New Age. Dhaka. 15 July 2016.
• "PRAN-RFL chair Mahtabuddin passes away". The Daily Sun. Dhaka. 15 July 2016.
• "PRAN-RFL Group chair Mahtabuddin Ahmed dies". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 15 July 2016.
• Bin Kamal, Rad Sharar (16 July 2016). "The need of a F-commerce platform in Bangladesh". Dhaka Tribune.