The second death anniversary of Amjad Khan Chowdhury, founder of PRAN-RFL group, will be observed tomorrow.

Visionary entrepreneur and industrialist Chowdhury passed away at the age of 75 on July 8 in 2015.

Hailing from Natore, Chowdhury retired from Bangladesh Army in 1981 and set up a small company, Rangpur Foundry Ltd (RFL), to make irrigation pumps.

Now the company has a variety of products such as pumps, tube-wells and gas stoves, winning prestige as the largest cast iron foundry and light-engineering workshop in Bangladesh.

In 1991, he launched his agro-processing business -- Pran. He began with sliced pineapples in cans, moving on to mango drinks, jams and jellies, with plans to cater to both local and foreign consumers.

Pran made its maiden export to France in 1996. The group now exports its products to 134 countries and around 94,000 people are working directly in the group.

Chowdhury also served the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka as president twice.