E-commerce

E-commerce

Prime Minister's China Visit / Nagad strikes deal with Huawei

Nagad signed an agreement with Huawei Technologies yesterday to work together in order to transform people’s smart transaction experiences..Tanvir A Mishuk, founder and CEO of the mobile finance service (MFS) provider, and Pan Junfeng, president of Huawei South Asia region and CEO of Huawe

5m ago

Cheque dishonour case: Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima get 1-yr jail in Ctg

On September 16, 2021, Rassel and Shamima were arrested from their Mohammadpur residence in the capital in a case filed over fraud and embezzlement

6m ago

Tk 127 crore owed to customers: DNCRP forms body to facilitate refunds

The platforms had offered hefty discounts to lure unsuspecting customers to make advance payments of thousands of crores of taka

7m ago

Mamun Rashid joins ShopUp as president

Mamun Rashid, an economic analyst and banker, has joined ShopUp, a business-to-business commerce platform in Bangladesh, as president.

7m ago

Telenor to stay in Bangladesh for long

Telenor, the parent company of leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone, has a long-term commitment to the Bangladesh market.

8m ago

Five ICT trade bodies demand tax exemption until 2031

Five associations representing the ICT sector yesterday demanded that the government extend tax exemptions on businesses offering software and IT-enabled service (ITES) till 2031, saying their development was crucial to the government’s vision for a Smart Bangladesh.

8m ago

Daraz 'letting go of' employees in Bangladesh, four other countries 

Daraz Group, Alibaba' s South Asian e-commerce arm that operates in five markets including Bangladesh, has announced that it is letting go of “many” employees but stopped short of disclosing the number.

9m ago

Consumer Rights asks Evaly to settle consumer complaints

The directorate serves show-cause notice on the e-commerce platform

11m ago

Remedy exists in law to recoup customers’ money

There are ways for online shoppers to get back their money stuck with some e-commerce platforms under the existing laws. But they will have to abandon the hope of retrieving all of their funds, said a legal expert.

3y ago

Panel to recommend law to form regulatory authority

The commerce ministry will form a committee to make recommendations on the formulation of a law, authorised by which the ministry will introduce an e-commerce regulatory authority to safeguard interests of all parties involved.

3y ago

'Commerce ministry’s new panel to work on e-commerce law'

The commerce ministry is going to form a new committee to seek recommendations for making the law on e-commerce regulatory authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and merchants.

3y ago

E-commerce transactions by cards hit five-month low

Appetite for purchases through online platforms using cards declined in July this year from that a month ago, as people have become cautious in placing orders following a series of scams centring e-commerce companies having started to come to light.

3y ago

Another e-commerce scam unfolding

Qcoom has suspended its physical operations after hundreds of customers thronged its office in Dhaka, demanding products or refunds amid the e-commerce platform’s failure to make deliveries within the promised dates despite receiving payments in advance.

3y ago

Protect e-commerce customers

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the Bangladesh Competition Commission to protect e-commerce customers from fraudulence. 

3y ago

E-commerce transactions hit five-month low

Appetite for purchases through online platforms declined in July from a month ago, as people became cautious in placing orders when a series of scams centring e-commerce companies started coming to the light.

3y ago

Evaly has no money to pay back

Evaly is unlikely to be able to return the amount it took from customers in advance payment for goods, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday -- in a crushing blow to the rogue e-commerce platform’s hundreds of thousands of aggrieved buyers.

3y ago

HC freezes Evaly asset sale, transfer

The High Court yesterday issued an injunction order restraining controversial e-commerce platform Evaly, which allegedly has liabilities of more than Tk 1,000 crore, from selling and transferring its assets until further order.

3y ago

Commerce ministry should support conned customers: Kamal

The commerce ministry will have to take the primary responsibility to support the customers who were conned by some rogue e-commerce firms, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday.

3y ago