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Dhaka : <\/strong>British American Tobacco Bangladesh PLC. (BAT Bangladesh PLC.) has approved a 30% (Thirty percent) cash dividend for the year 2025.
The approval was given at the 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company, which was held online and attended by a significant number of shareholders on Thursday, 30th April 2026. The shareholders unanimously approved the appointment of statutory auditors and appointment of corporate governance auditors.
The Company\u2019s Board Chairman Wael Sabra presided over the meeting while shareholders of the company joined the AGM virtually via the Company\u2019s AGM portal.
The shareholders approved the company\u2019s financial statement of 2025 and the election of its Board of Directors at the AGM.
In 2025, BAT Bangladesh PLC. contributed Tk 39,144 crore as value-added tax, supplementary duty and other taxes to the National Exchequer, making it one of the highest taxpayers in the country.
The Company\u2019s independent directors Masud Khan, Prof. Dr. Melita Mehjabeen and Rupali Haque Chowdhury along with non-executive directors Dr. Ziaul Abedin, Niranjan Chandra Debnath, Stuart Kidd and Francisco Toso Canepa and the company\u2019s Managing Director Monisha Abraham, Finance Director Nirala Singh, Commercial Director Numayer Alam and Company Secretary Syed Afzal Hossain were also present at the AGM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka : British American Tobacco Bangladesh PLC. (BAT Bangladesh PLC.) has approved a 30% (Thirty percent) cash dividend for the year 2025.The approval was given at the 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company, which was held online and attended by a significant number of shareholders on Thursday, 30th April 2026. 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