Bangladeshi manufacturers entered into Forbes list

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The annual list named “Forbes Asia and the Pacific best under one billion list this year--2020” recognises 200 top-performing small and medium companies in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under US$1.0 billion.

The Forbes list said Square Pharmaceutical Company of Bangladesh, involved in drug and chemical business, has sales volume worth $512 million.

The local pharma’s market capital is $1.7 billion. Its net income is $150 million and has employed 9,234 people.





About another Pharmaceutical Company Renata: the sales of  Renata are $271 million. Its market capital is $1.1 billion. The company’s net income is $45 million and it is employing 7,324 people.

Fortune Shoes is comparatively newly formed company in Bangladesh, involved in shoe making business. It has sales worth $18 million. Its net income is $3.0 million while the market capital is $28 million and the company has employed 1,723 people.