Pragoti Industries Limited is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i car assembling and car parts manufacturing company headquartered in Chittagong

Chittagong

Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

 with a manufacturing plant in Agrabad

Agrabad

Agrabad is the main commercial area of the city of Chittagong in South-eastern Bangladesh. Most of the business institutions of the city have offices located in Agrabad. Originally, the area was a village, which was incorporated into the city in 1947....

. Founded in 1966, it is country's largest car assembling plant and it has assembled and marketed more than 50,000 vehicles such as cars, Jeeps, Buses, Trucks, Pickups, Ambulances, Tractors of multiple models by importing CKD (Complete Knocked Down ) kits from overseas.

In 2010, Japanese car giant Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...

 Corporation led by Asia Regional Manager Kazuhide Ogata made a formal proposal to Bangladesh government to manufacture Mitsubishi Sedan and Mitsubishi Pajero

Mitsubishi Pajero

The Mitsubishi Pajero is a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. It was named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which is native to the Patagonia plateau region of southern Argentina. However, since pajero is an offensive term for "wanker" in Spanish, alternative names have...

 in Pragoti, which already has been assembling Mitsubishi Pajero

Mitsubishi Pajero

The Mitsubishi Pajero is a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. It was named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which is native to the Patagonia plateau region of southern Argentina. However, since pajero is an offensive term for "wanker" in Spanish, alternative names have...

 since last few years. Due to cheap labour cost, the company officials hoping to reduce the price of cars that will be built here are heavily comparing the same cars manufactured elsewhere.

See also

• Aftab Automobiles
  Aftab Automobiles
  Aftab Automobiles Ltd, is a subsidiary of Navana Group, Bangladesh and assembles vehicles for Bangladesh. The company was established in 1982.-See also:* Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory* Pragoti* List of companies of Bangladesh...
  
  
• Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory
  Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory
  Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory , founded in 11 th February, 1979 is a commercial automobile assembly plant of Bangladesh Army. It manily engaged to build and modify automobiles specially for defence industry. The company is one of the largest commercial enterprise of its kind in Bangladesh...
  
  
• List of companies of Bangladesh