Card transactions for e-commerce purchases increased slightly in August following a slump in July, when people were reluctant to place orders after it emerged that a few online platforms were scamming people.

The commerce ministry yesterday forwarded the names of three former secretaries who can serve as a member of the interim board being formed by the High Court to assess the liabilities of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly.

The government has formed a new committee to bring all e-commerce firms in Bangladesh under one umbrella and safeguard the interests of the consumers and merchants who were deceived.

Yet another 15-member committee has been formed with the instruction of the cabinet division to protect the interests of the e-commerce consumers and merchants.

Amid a deluge of complaints against some beleaguered e-commerce companies, the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and Access to Information Programme (a2i) have stepped up to build a digital system that will automatically receive and settle customer grievances.

The High Court yesterday called for a four-member interim board to be formed at the earliest for assessing the liabilities of Evaly, in a development that can bring some solace to the thousands of aggrieved customers and vendors of the controversial e-commerce platform.

Local e-commerce platforms are organising a 20-day online shopping festival as they look to provide quality products and services to the customers to regain trust in the industry hit hard by some recent controversies.

Another case was filed against the controversial e-commerce platform Eorange’s top brass in Chattogram over unfulfilled orders amounting to Tk 11 lakh.

The government will begin registering e-commerce and F-commerce firms within a month in a bid to restore discipline in the nascent industry and protect customers and merchants from unscrupulous business practices.

There might, after all, be no new law for the e-commerce sector, as per yesterday’s meeting of a high-powered committee formed by the government in light of the ongoing fraud in the sector.

Let’s GO Mart has started its operations as a new e-commerce platform as the company organised its commercial launch at The Daily Star Centre in Dhaka yesterday.

The high-profile government panel on e-commerce thinks formation of a new law might not be needed, but little amendment to the existing laws will be enough to streamline the errant e-commerce business now.

Let's GO Mart has started its operations as a new e-commerce platform as the company organised its commercial launch at The Daily Star Centre in the capital today.

Eorange, Dhamaka Shopping and SPC World Express have laundered at least Tk 350 crore that they had received from customers in advance payment for goods, found the Criminal Investigation Department of police in its primary investigation.

The truth always comes out, and this is what the top brass of Eorange, one of the many Evaly imitations, has found out recently.

The first meeting of a high-powered committee formed to recommend an e-commerce policy is going to be held tomorrow at the commerce ministry.

The commerce ministry should form a special panel to immediately recover the money that got stuck because of Evaly, a group of the merchants and consumers of the e-commerce platform said yesterday.

The commerce ministry should form a special panel to immediately recover the money that got stuck because of Evaly, a group of the merchants and consumers of the e-commerce platform said today.

Evaly owes at least Tk 408 crore to 1,026 sellers, according to its own data obtained by The Daily Star.

bKash, a mobile financial service provider in the country, has reduced its "cash out" charge to make customer transactions more affordable.