Agrabad
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Agrabad আগ্রাবাদ |
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| Central business district | |
Top view of Agrabad Commercial Area
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 Location map of Agrabad |
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| Coordinates: 22°19′29″N 92°48′51″E / 22.32472°N 92.81417°ECoordinates: 22°19′29″N 92°48′51″E / 22.32472°N 92.81417°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| District | Chittagong |
| Thana | Double Mooring |
| Settled | c 1940s |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | A J M Nasir Uddin |
| • City Mayor | Chittagong City Corporation |
| Population (Demographics of Bangladesh) | |
| • Estimate () | other |
| • Rank | 100000 |
| Demonym(s) | Chittagonian |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+06:00) |
| BTCL | 031 |
Agrabad (Bengali: আগ্রাবাদ) is a downtown commercial and financial area in Chittagong, the second largest city of Bangladesh . Located close to the city's harbour, it hosts numerous Bangladeshi and international businesses, banks, financial institutions, and others commercial entity. The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the World Trade Center and are ,ost prominent of them. The area forms part of the Double Mooring precinct and is directly connected to the Port of Chittagong.
Badamtali, Agrabad Access Road, Sheikh Mujib Road, Sabdar Ali Road etc are some of the important commercial streets located in central Agrabad. The city's other commercial hubs Strand Road and Sadarghat are also situated nearby.
The area was originally a village which was incorporated into the city in 1947. After the end of colonial rule, the modern financial district developed during the 1950s.
Many of Bangladesh's largest companies, as well as various multinational firms, have their headquarters or branches located in Agrabad. There are many private commercial banks including AB Bank Limited, Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited,BRAC Bank Limited, The City Bank Limited,Dhaka Bank Limited, Dutch Bangla Bank Limited, Eastern Bank Limited, IFIC Bank Limited, Mercantile Bank Limited, Mutual Trust Bank Ltd.,National Bank Limited, NCC Bank Limited, One Bank Limited, The Premier Bank Limited,Prime Bank Limited, Southeast Bank Limited, Standard Bank Limited,Trust Bank Limited, United Commercial Bank Ltd.,Uttara Bank Limited etc.
Some Islamic commercial banks also located at Agrabad they are Islami Bank of Bangladesh Limited, Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited, Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited,Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited.
Major foreign commercial banks located in Agrabad include Citibank NA, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Commercial Bank of Ceylon, State Bank of India and National Bank of Pakistan.
There are many Specialized development banks are Bangladesh Krishi Bank, BASIC Bank Limited,
There are also located kinds of Non-bank financial institution, Insurance company, Telecommunication company and others multinational companies are located. Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry, The World Trade Center Chittagong (WTC Chittagong) etc. commercial building located in the Agrabad Commercial Area.
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