www.e-cab.net facebook.com/eCommerceAB facebook.com/groups/eecab 2 nd Year, 6 th Issue Sunday, June 26, 2016 w w w w w E C Members of e-Commerce Associaon of Bangladesh (e-CAB) paid courtesy visit to the Canadian Embassy in Dhaka. The members met with the High-Commissioner of Canada. Kamal Uddin, Trade Commissioner at High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh, was present during the meeng. Mr. Kamal talked about the areas where Canada can work with Bangladesh. e-CAB members informed the commission of their acvies and various sectors related with e-Commerce. Canadian High Commission showed keen interest about the e-Commerce sector of Bangladesh. He inquired of the scope for foreign companies to work with local e-Commerce companies, payment gateway company services and payment security. Mohammad Abdul Haque, e-CAB Finance Secretary, Shezan Shams, Joint Secretary; and Nasima Akter Nisha, Director (Corporate Affairs) were present in the meeng. e -CAB Mirpur Meet Up took place at Blue Lagoon restaurant in Mirpur. 70 e-CAB members parcipated in the event. e-CAB President Razib Ahmed and Director Communicaons Md. Afzal Hossain aended the event. Aſter lunch, the members discussed about problems and how they can work together to solve them. The main goal of organizing e-CAB meet up is to encourage networking among the members and explore new business opportunies as well as solving different issues. Online shop dinratri.com, keenlay.com, ecomvoice sponsored the event. e -CAB Execuve Commiee members, under the leadership of e-CAB President Razib Ahmed aended a courtesy meeng with the Ambassador of Sweden in Bangladesh. During the meeng, Razib Ahmed informed the ambassador that e-CAB is currently working on e-Commerce policy in Bangladesh. Already a draſt policy paper had been submied to the office of the ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak. Ambassador Johan Frisell said, “Bangladesh is currently observing rapid economic growth and e-Commerce is a highly potenal sector of Bangladesh. Sweden has a well-established e-Commerce sector. Our government is ready to provide necessary assistance in the development of the e-Commerce sector. Swedish government would provide informaon and technical assistance for the e-Commerce policy.” M embers of e-CAB Execuve Commiee met with Søren Robenhagen Commercial Counselor of the Denmark Embassy. The counselor had a long discussion on various aspects of e-Commerce in Bangladesh with e-CAB President Razib Ahmed. According to Northern Europe B2C E-commerce report, of the 5.6 million people in Denmark, 96% uses Internet and 4.4 million people shop online. e-CAB members informed him of the current condion and potenal of e-Commerce in Bangladesh. Both pares agreed to work jointly in different areas of e-commerce at public and private level. They also agreed to explore e-Commerce business opportunies in the country. Among others Nasima Akter Nisha, e-CAB Director (Corporate Affairs) and Mohammad Abdul Haque, e-CAB Finance Secretary were present in the meeng. e-CAB Members Paid Courtesy Visit to Canada High Commission e-CAB Mirpur Meet Up e -Commerce Associaon of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and UIU jointly celebrated the e-Commerce Day 2016 at UIU campus on April 7, 2015 (Thursday). UIU officials, teachers, students, e-CAB leaders and member organizaons parcipated in the event. e-Commerce Day 2016 slogan was “Make online shopping safe and secure.” The event opened with a policy dialogue on e-Commerce policy followed by the main event at 11 a.m. and e-Commerce Boot Camp and discussion session in the aſternoon. At the policy dialogue session, e-CAB Vice President, Rezwanul Haque Jami did a short presentaon where he informed the audience about the necessity of an e-Commerce Policy and the draſt e-Commerce Policy prepared by e-CAB. Rezwanul Haque Jami said, “ Aſter 2009, Bangladeshi e-Commerce sector grew at a rapid pace. However, the sector has many issues that need to be addressed as quickly as possible. At e-CAB, we are working to solve these issues and create a prosperous e-Commerce sector. Hence, the ICT Division, gave us the responsibility to draſt an e-Commerce Policy. We already did it. The 135 page policy is currently under review. e-CAB and UIU jointly celebrate e-Commerce Day 2016 e-CAB Leaders meet with Denmark Embassy Commercial Counselor Page 3 Col 3 Page 2 Col 3 e-CAB leaders meet with Swedish Ambassador
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EC Members of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB)
paid courtesy visit to the Canadian Embassy in Dhaka. The members met with the High-Commissioner of Canada. Kamal Uddin, Trade Commissioner at High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh, was present during the meeting. Mr. Kamal talked about the areas where Canada can work with Bangladesh. e-CAB members informed the commission of their activities and various sectors related with e-Commerce. Canadian High Commission showed keen interest about the e-Commerce sector of Bangladesh. He inquired of the scope for foreign companies to work with local e-Commerce companies, payment gateway company services and payment security. Mohammad Abdul Haque, e-CAB Finance Secretary, Shezan Shams, Joint Secretary; and Nasima Akter Nisha, Director (Corporate Affairs) were present in the meeting.
e-CAB Mirpur Meet Up took place at Blue Lagoon restaurant in Mirpur.
70 e-CAB members participated in the event. e-CAB President Razib Ahmed and Director Communications Md. Afzal Hossain attended the event. After lunch, the members discussed about problems and how they can work together to solve them. The main goal of organizing e-CAB meet up is to encourage networking among the members and explore new business opportunities as well as solving different issues. Online shop dinratri.com, keenlay.com, ecomvoice sponsored the event.
e-CAB Executive Committee members, under the leadership
of e-CAB President Razib Ahmed attended a courtesy meeting with the Ambassador of Sweden in Bangladesh. During the meeting, Razib Ahmed informed the ambassador that e-CAB is currently working on e-Commerce policy in Bangladesh. Already a draft policy paper had been submitted to the office of the ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak. Ambassador Johan
Frisell said, “Bangladesh is currently observing rapid economic growth and e-Commerce is a highly potential sector of Bangladesh. Sweden has a well-established e-Commerce sector. Our government is ready to provide necessary assistance in the development of the e-Commerce sector. Swedish government would provide information and technical assistance for the e-Commerce policy.”
Members of e-CAB Executive Committee met with
Søren Robenhagen Commercial Counselor of the Denmark Embassy. The counselor had a long discussion on various aspects of e-Commerce in Bangladesh with e-CAB President Razib Ahmed. According to Northern Europe B2C E-commerce report, of the 5.6 million people in Denmark, 96% uses Internet and 4.4 million people shop online. e-CAB members informed him of the current condition and potential of e-Commerce in Bangladesh. Both parties agreed to work jointly in different areas of e-commerce at public and private level. They also agreed to explore e-Commerce business opportunities in the country. Among others Nasima Akter Nisha, e-CAB Director (Corporate Affairs) and Mohammad Abdul Haque, e-CAB Finance Secretary were present in the meeting.
e-CAB Members Paid CourtesyVisit to Canada High Commission
e-CAB Mirpur Meet Up
e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and UIU
jointly celebrated the e-Commerce Day 2016 at UIU campus on April 7, 2015 (Thursday). UIU officials, teachers, students, e-CAB leaders and member organizations participated in the event. e-Commerce Day 2016 slogan was “Make online shopping safe and secure.” The event opened with a policy dialogue on e-Commerce policy followed by the main event at 11 a.m. and e-Commerce Boot Camp and discussion session in the afternoon. At the policy dialogue session, e-CAB Vice President, Rezwanul Haque Jami did a
short presentation where he informed the audience about the necessity of an e-Commerce Policy and the draft e-Commerce Policy prepared by e-CAB. Rezwanul Haque Jami said, “ After 2009, Bangladeshi e-Commerce sector grew at a rapid pace. However, the sector has many issues that need to be addressed as quickly as possible. At e-CAB, we are working to solve these issues and create a prosperous e-Commerce sector. Hence, the ICT Division, gave us the responsibility to draft an e-Commerce Policy. We already did it. The 135 page policy is currently under review.
e-CAB and UIU jointly celebratee-Commerce Day 2016 e-CAB Leaders
meet with Denmark Embassy
Commercial Counselor
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e-CAB leaders meet with Swedish Ambassador
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e-CAB recently organized a meet up at the Dhanmondi Kutumbari Restaurant on June 3, 2016 (Friday). Members of the e-CAB Executive Committee as well
as regular members attended the meet up. The main goal behind organizing such meet ups is to encourage networking among members and explore new business opportunities in e-Commerce. At the event, members share their thoughts and ideas with each other. More than fifty members attended the Dhanmondi meet-up. Significant number of female members also attended the event. Expressing their satisfaction about the event, members said that they want to see more such events in future. e-CAB President Razib Ahmed, General Secretary Md. Abdul Wahed Tomal and Director (Communication) Md. Afzal Hossain attended the meet up.
e-CAB Organized Daylong WorkshopJahangir Alam Shovon, Arnob Mustafa and Asif Anwar
Pathik conducted the workshop. Speakers at the workshop talked about the potential of content to attract buyers and creating new customers.
The workshop was open for all. Aside from e-CAB members, students and job-holders also attended the workshop.
e-CAB President Razib Ahmed and Director (Communication) Md. Afzal Hossain were present at the workshop.
On May 21, 2016 e-CAB Uttara meet up was organized at the Super 7 Fast Food & Restaurant in Uttara. Braving the rainy weather, many e-Commerce
members attended the event. The goal behind organizing such meet ups on regular basis is to encourage networking among the members and explore new opportunities. For four hours, e-CAB members discussed with each other and shared their thoughts and ideas on e-Commerce. They also discussed about various problems and determine solutions. e-CAB President Razib Ahmed, General Secretary Md. Abdul Wahed Tomal and Director (Communication) Md. Afzal Hossain attended the meet up.
e-CAB Dhanmondi Meet Up e-CAB Uttara Meet up organized
among others Md. Abdul Wahed Tomal, General Secretary; Rezwanul Haque Jami, Joint Secretary; Mohammad Abdul Haque, Finance Secretary; Md. Afzal Hossain, Director e-CAB;
Nasima Akter Nisha, Director, e-CAB; Farzana Akram Farin, Chief Operating Officer were present at the meeting. Along with Swedish Ambassador, Tazeen Choudhury, Commercial Officer was present in the meeting.
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e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) announced
its Content Standing Committee last Monday (June 6, 2016). Content is very important for the growth of e-Commerce and F-Commerce. Members of the content standing committee would conduct research on F-Commerce, identifying current issues and work on the solutions,
generate ideas, create contents for blogs, and publish journals.
e-CAB members and officials had a discussion on June 3, 2016. At the meeting, they took following decisions-
• Create knowledge-based content-text, image, audio and video.
• Create contents on e-Commerce related subjects that have not
been covered yet. • Create knowledge-based contents
for business persons and organize training for the entrepreneurs.
• Identify the challenges of e-Commerce and work on developing solutions and create serial contents on them.
• Spread awareness and develop trust and reliability among the
buyers by creating better contents on Bangladeshi e-Commerce sector.
Five members of the committee are as follows: Omer Sharif- President, Saied Rahaman- Vice President, Naim Zaman-Member and Abdullah Al Mehedi-Member, Sadid Khondoker Prince-Member.
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Meeting held in ICT ministry on e-commerce training.
Workshop on content is going on in full swing
e-CAB executive committee met with a2i programmeofficers in ICT ministry
Experts discussing on e-commerce policy
JCI and e-CAB MoU Signing session
Newly formed content standing committee welcomedby e-CAB President
A panel discussion held in e-commerce celebration programme
e-CAB Leaders metting with GPO Director General to solve delivery problem
e-CAB announced Content Standing Committee
Recently, members of the e-CAB Executive Committee attended
a meeting with VISA Inc. The USA-based multinational financial services corporation provided electronic fund transfer services, machineries and software services around the world. VISA Debit cards and Credit cards are used by people all over the world. The officials talked about online payment, current condition of e-Commerce in Bangladesh. VISA
showed interest to work with e-CAB to improve the e-Commerce sector of Bangladesh. Bharat Anuj, Director- Consumer Debit Products & Contactless Solutions, India & South Asia at Visa, and Amitjal Sohane were present in the meeting. e-CAB President Razib Ahmed, Vice-President Rezwanul Haque Jami and Joint Secretary Shezan Shams were present in the meeting. Ashish Chakraborty, General Manager SSL Wireless arranged the meeting.
We are going to organize more such policy dialogues in future with different stakeholders and take their feedbacks on e-Commerce policy. We would include their feedbacks and make more changes and create an up-to-date e-Commerce Policy.” He said that e-CAB focused on various topics such as e-security, delivery, logistics, payment security, fraud, etc in the draft. Fahim Mashroor, Director, Ajkerdeal.com; Md. Shakawat Hossain Mamun, 2016 National President, Junior Chamber International (JCI); UIU Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman; Ashish Chakraborty, General Manager, SSL Wireless; Osman Haider, Director, Business ITCL (Qcash); Shaikh Tanvir Ahmed Rony, Managing Director, Sundarban Courier Service Pvt. Ltd.,
and e-CAB President Razib Ahmed spoke at the session. e-CAB Director (Corporate Affairs), Shezan Shams conducted the session. The speakers urged e-CAB and ICT Division to talk with other stakeholders and include their recommendations in the e-Commerce Policy. They also said that the e-Commerce Policy should also give priority on protecting consumer trust and securing the interest of local e-Commerce companies. In order to create awareness about e-Commerce among young people, the speakers suggested that a chapter on e-Commerce should be included in the Computer Book at secondary or higher-secondary level. In addition, Universities and higher educational institutions should start offering majors in e-Commerce.
Visa and e-CAB want to work together to Spread e-Commerce in Bangladesh
e-CAB and UIU jointly celebratee-Commerce Day 2016
e-CAB member delivering speech in e-CommerceDay Celebration
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e-CAB Executive Committee Members met with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC)Executive Director S M Ashraful Islam at a pre-budget discussion. Leaders of Internet Service Provider Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) were also present at the meeting. e-CAB forwarded following proposals at the meeting• Tax exemption on e-Commerce till 2025. • Keep e-Commerce trade license fee below Tk.3,000. • Keep online transaction charge within 1% • VAT exemption on online transaction till 2025.
ICT Ministry accepted all the proposals and assured e-CAB leaders that it would forward the proposals to Finance ministry. e-CAB President Razib Ahmed, Finance Secretary Mohammad Abdul Haque, Director (Communication) Md. Afzal Hossain, and Director (Corporate Affairs) Nasima Akter Nisha were present at the meeting.
e-CAB Marketing Standing Committee organized a day long workshop at the Dhanmondi EMK Center on May 29, 2016. The goal of the workshop was to enrich the knowledge-base of the e-Commerce entrepreneurs of Bangladesh.
The workshop covered three areas that are very essential for the e-Commerce entrepreneurs. They were- • Boost Your Traffic with Effective Content• Convert a Call into Sale (Customer Care)• Advance Facebook Marketing Page 2 Col 1
The country’s top Online Payment Gateway SSLCOMMERZ’s ‘SSLCOMMERZ Merchant Meet Up 20016’ has been held yesterday, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The program took place in the capital’s RAOWA Convention Center with the participation of companies associated with SSLCOMMERZ. Mr. Sayeeful Islam, the Managing Director of SSLCOMMERZ was present on this occasion.
The General Manager, Mr. Ashish Chakraborty, said,“The E-commerce sector in our country is progressing quite well at present. The service generally requires more reliably is the Online Payment service in this regard. The online payment service provider SSLCOMMERZ is working great in this field”.
Nazmus Saaqeb (Head of E-Commerce Services) described 4 upcoming services of SSLCOMMERZ to the merchants by delivering a Presentation. Besides, another two new services named ‘EMI’ and ‘Quick Pay’ was introduced with illustration
on this occasion. At the end of
the program an open discussion session was held among the SSLCOMMERZ merchants, while they gave a variety of comments and expressed their satisfaction with the services of SSLCOMMERZ.
Merchants’ various questions and queries about SSLCOMMERZ were jointly answered by Shahzada Redwan (Chief Technical Officer), Iftekhar Alam Ishaque (Head of Engineering) and Mahbub Ur Rashid Khan (Manager E-Business).
Nazmus Saaqeb said, “SSLCOMMERZ are determined to provide improved online payment services going beyond the criteria of general E-commerce. We want to give our merchants the highest service and make them familiar with IT facilities. SSLCOMMERZ are already involved in nearly 83 percent of online payment service of Bangladesh”.
SSLCOMMERZ was launched in 2010. Presently the company is providing services to more than 900 merchants around the country.
