DHAKA, Nov 22, 2022 (BSS) - PRAN-RFL Group has got the highest national export trophies for outstanding contribution in the export segment for the fiscal year 2018-19.
 
The group received six trophies, including gold, from the Ministry of Commerce for exporting agro processing, plastic goods and light engineering sectors.
 
This year some 71 companies received export trophies of which six companies of PRAN-RFL bagged the trophies. 
 
In the fiscal year 2016-17 and 2017-18, PRAN-RFL Group received five export trophies each. But, this time the group has broken its own record and got the highest six trophies.
 
Apart from, the Commerce Ministry awarded export trophies to the group as the highest exporter for the last 18 consecutive years.
 
The award giving ceremony was held today at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal where Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi attended the program as chief guest, said a press release.
 
In the agro processing sector, PRAN bags all awards in this category. PRAN Dairy Ltd. PRAN Agro Ltd. and PRAN Foods Ltd. obtained gold, Silver and bronze trophies respectively.
 
Durable Plastic Ltd. and Banga Plastic International Ltd. of RFL Group got silver and bronze trophies respectively in plastic goods sector while Rangpur Metal Industries Ltd. obtained bronze trophy for light engineering sector.
 
Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Chairman and CEO of PRAN-RFL Group received the award on behalf of PRAN Dairy while Uzma Chowdhury, Director (Corporate Finance) at the group and Eleash Mridha, Managing Director of PRAN Group received the award on behalf of PRAN Agro and PRAN Foods respectively.
 
Therefore, RN Paul, Managing Director of RFL group received the award on behalf of Rangpur Metal and Toukirul Islam, Executive Director of Durable Plastic and Mohammad Kazi Abdul Quiyum, Executive Director of Banga Plastic International received the award on behalf their organizations.
 
Kamruzzaman Kamal, Director of Marketing at PRAN-RFL Group, said, "We got the award as the demand of our products is increasing world-wide day by day. We are breaking our previous history of receiving export trophies and very delighted for getting the best exporter award for the last 18 consecutive years."