The government should undertake an initiative to formulate a national e-Commerce policy, which is a must to flourish the business across country.
Speakers came up with the observation at an e-Commerce policy conference held at Radisson Blu Water Garden hotel in the capital.
They have also underscored the need for removing all the identified obstacles to flourish e-commerce across the country.
According to them, the main impediments are poor customer-friendly infrastructure, growing cyber security issues, poor delivery channels, poor roads and communication facilities, traffic jam in Dhaka and Chittagong, payment System, trust issues, general trust issues between buyers and sellers, excessive debit or credit cards and POS fees for merchants.
State minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak formally inaugurated the conference. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu and State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim also attended different sessions of the seminar.
Nahim Razzaq MP, Razib Ahmed, president of e-CAB, Nazrul Islam Khan, adviser of e-CAB, Russel T Ahmed, senior vice president of BASIS, Anir Chowdhury, policy advisor a2i chaired various sessions at the day-long seminar.
Abdul Wahed Tomal, general secretary of e-CAB, presented a keynote paper at the inaugural session.
During his presentation, Tomal said: “Initiative of the government to formulate national e-Commerce policy is a must to tap the business. A total of 65% of the total population is being under the age of 35 which is a potential for this industry.”
Establishment of high-tech park and national data center, progressive usage of smart phones and tablets, progressive rates of mobile phone and mobile internet usage, progressive involvement of people in social media activities, implementation of 3G network nationwide, implementation of e-Governance plan are needed if we really want to develop the sector, he added.
Tomal also put emphasis on expansion of promotional activities at home and abroad, expansion of digital service facilities up to Union parishad level.
Inaugurating the seminar, Zunaid Ahmed Palak said: “Bangladesh still lags behind 20 years as the then BNP-led government failed to connect the country with submarine cable in 1992. The authorities concerned were interested to connect Bangladesh with the cable free of cost, but BNP government didn’t take this opportunity due to lack of knowledge.”
Presenting a keynote paper on ‘Local and foreign investment in Bangladesh’ Rezwanul Haq Jami, vice president of e-CAB, stressed the need for increasing capacity development within the Ministry of Commerce for effective regulatory oversight and positive reinforcements in e-Commerce arena.”
---
Autor(en)/Author(s): Ishtiaq Husain
Quelle/Source: Dhaka Tribune, 27.10.2016
Bitte besuchen Sie/Please visit:
