BAT BANGLADESH HOLDS 51ST AGM

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited (BAT Bangladesh) has approved a 100 per cent cash dividend per share for the year 2023. The approval was given at the company's 51st annual general meeting (AGM) held virtually on Thursday. The shareholders also unanimously approved the company's financial statement for 2023, the election of its Board of Directors, the appointment of statutory auditors, and the appointment of corporate governance auditors. BAT Bangladesh Chairman Golam Mainuddin presided over the meeting. The company's Independent Directors AKM Aftab UL Islam, KH Masud Siddiqui and M Harunur Rashid; Non-Executive Directors Zakia Sultana, Shirajun Noor Chowdhury, Md. Abul Hossain, Monisha Abraham, Wael Sabra, Gary Tarrant, Stuart Kidd, and Francisco Toso Canepa; Managing Director Shehzad Munim, Finance Director Nirala Singh and Company Secretary Md. Azizur Rahman joined the AGM.