eCommerce Bangladesh History

History of Bangladesh eCommerce [edit]

E-commerce in Bangladesh refers to the electronic commerce sector of Bangladesh business.[1][2]

In 2009 Bangladesh Bank approved online payment and in 2013 the bank approved the use of Debit and Credit card for online payment. The eCommerce Association of Bangladesh is the trade body for eCommerce in Bangladesh.[3] According to the association, there are 8,000 eCommerce pages in Facebook alone.[4] The growth of the industry has been inhibited by low usage of credit and debit cards, and the unavailability of PayPal.[5] In 2016 the government of Bangladesh opened eCommerce sites for every district in the country.[6] The same year, FBCCI recommended removal of tax on eCommerce.[7] Ten billion Taka worth of transactions take place through eCommerce site per year according to a 2017 report.[8]
Source- wikipedia.org 

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