The document provides 11 recommendations to help develop e-commerce in Bangladesh. These include ending monopolies in telecommunications, allowing voice over internet protocol, developing encryption laws, increasing pre-shipment agents and penalties, relaxing foreign exchange controls, educating businesses on e-commerce benefits, posting government documents online, training officials, simplifying court procedures, and improving governance. The overall goal is to undertake steps to fully implement and develop e-commerce through these policy and regulatory recommendations.
The document provides 11 recommendations to help develop e-commerce in Bangladesh. These include ending monopolies in telecommunications, allowing voice over internet protocol, developing encryption laws, increasing pre-shipment agents and penalties, relaxing foreign exchange controls, educating businesses on e-commerce benefits, posting government documents online, training officials, simplifying court procedures, and improving governance. The overall goal is to undertake steps to fully implement and develop e-commerce through these policy and regulatory recommendations.
The document provides 11 recommendations to help develop e-commerce in Bangladesh. These include ending monopolies in telecommunications, allowing voice over internet protocol, developing encryption laws, increasing pre-shipment agents and penalties, relaxing foreign exchange controls, educating businesses on e-commerce benefits, posting government documents online, training officials, simplifying court procedures, and improving governance. The overall goal is to undertake steps to fully implement and develop e-commerce through these policy and regulatory recommendations.
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recommend some steps and measures, that should be undertaken by the policy makers and business stake holders for the full-fledged implementation and development of e-commerce in Bangladesh. There commendations are: 1. Bring an end to Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board’s (BTTB) monopoly in the nationwide long distance services and rationalize tariff of BTTB’s Digital Data Network (DDN). Establish the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC), independent of governmental control and political influence. 2. Allow Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Abolish the provision of obtaining permission from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MOPT), prior to leasing the capacity from GrameenPhone’s optical fibre network. VSAT operating licenses should not limit the bandwidth. 3. Develop encryption laws to accept electronic authentication of transactions. 4. Increase the number of pre-shipment agents (PSI). Increase fines and penalties on PSIs for breach of rules and regulations. 5. Allow Contract System and other alternates to Letter-of-Credit (L/C) as legal methods for international transactions. 6. Remove/relax interest ceilings on export loans offered by commercial banks. 7. Relax foreign exchange controls on travel and for business and allow issuance of international credit cards. 8. Make business associations and organizations aware of the benefits of e- commerce. BGMEA can play a significant role in this. 9. Instruct posting government documents and publications including budgetary information on the Web. 10. Orient government officials on the benefits of e-commerce. For instance offer short courses at training centres such as the Public Administration Training Centre (PATC). 11. Simplify and expedite court procedures. Remove administrative and institutional constraints in settling disputes. 12. Political commitment to improve governance and institutional strengthening are essential for successful application of e-commerce.