As per an order of the Commerce Ministry, a 16-member committee has been formed in Bangladesh recently to recommend measures to discipline the e-commerce sector of the country, which has been in news lately, due to reasons that can be termed controversial.
According to media reports, the committee will consist of senior officials from different ministries and Government agencies, including the country’s central bank (Bangladesh Bank) as well as law enforcing agencies and will be headed by the Director General of the Central Digital Commerce Cell of the Commerce Ministry, which would meet at least once in a month and recommend measures from time to time to keep in control the so-called malpractices in the e-commerce sector.
It may be mentioned here that the latest move by the Government comes following recent public outcry against some digital platforms in the country related to payments and delivery of products even as a number of cases have, reportedly, been filed by customers of late against some e-commerce players related to embezzlement of buyers’ money.
Meanwhile, the Commerce Ministry has, reportedly, maintained that said the 16-member committee will recommend measures to resolve issues of dissatisfaction between buyers and sellers as well various other technical matters related to the sector.
