The commerce ministry today suggested Bangladesh Bank take step directing banks of not accepting deposits of money made by online shoppers to the accounts of e-commerce companies.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries has recently become an exclusive partner of Walcart, an upcoming e-commerce platform, opening up a new avenue for the sale of Walton’s electrical and electronic products alongside delivery of necessary support.  

Walton Hi-Tech Industries has become an exclusive partner of Walcart, an upcoming e-commerce platform that will enable customers to easily purchase Walton brand products and get necessary support.

Beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly, which faces inquiries by the government, said its liabilities to customers and merchants stood at Tk 543 crore as of mid-July, which is 35 per cent higher than the amount found by an initial probe of Bangladesh Bank.

Evaly has a liability of Tk 542 crore to its customers and merchants, a top official of the commerce ministry said today.

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban against five people, including two former owners of e-commerce platform eorange, in a case filed for embezzling around Tk 1,100 crore.

Hours after a consumer sued eorange for not delivering products against payment, two former owners of the e-commerce platform yesterday surrendered before a Dhaka court which sent them to jail, rejecting their bail pleas.

The commerce ministry today issued a show cause notice to e-orange asking them to provide information about the amount of assets and liabilities of the e-commerce company within seven days.

Customers have filed a case against owners and staff of e-commerce platform E-orange for reportedly embezzling around Tk 1,100 crore by not delivering their products.

A former male employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is suspected of committing “forcible indecency” against a female colleague, but not rape, according to Chinese police probing the assault. 

The e-commerce sector needs a sound policy to ensure the credibility of all stakeholders and punish delinquent platforms, experts said yesterday, as online firms face a reputational crisis in the wake of questionable business practices by a few.

Global e-commerce company Amazon has paid Tk 53 lakh in value added tax (VAT) directly to the revenue authority after it got registration for the indirect tax.

Beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly has been given three weeks to provide a detailed response to the recent show-cause notice it received from the commerce ministry.

Beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly gets three weeks to respond to the commerce ministry’s show-cause notice and explain the whereabouts of around Tk 338 crore that it owes to customers and merchants.

All shops, shopping malls and markets are being allowed to reopen from today from 10:00am to 8:00pm maintaining health guidelines.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has fired a manager who allegedly sexually assaulted a female employee and will establish policies to prevent sexual harassment, Chief Executive Daniel Zhang said on Monday.

Representatives of the commerce ministry and other relevant government bodies will sit on Wednesday to decide whether to approve Evaly’s request for six months’ time to respond in detail to the show-cause notice it received.

The commerce ministry and representatives from some government bodies will sit on Wednesday to decide whether they would provide six months to Evaly after the digital platform sought the time to respond in detail to the show-cause notice it received recently.

Danish maritime transport giant Maersk said Friday it was buying two e-commerce companies as surging demand for shipping led to another bumper profit in the second quarter.

What does one do when one sees wrongdoing taking place in front of one’s very eyes? For most, the natural response would be to stop it in its tracks.