2024-05-25 07:58:30
The Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Data Know-how, Junaid Ahmed Palak has commented that cell monetary providers have established themselves because the nation’s most profitable startup unicorn firm inside simply three years of its journey. On the similar time, with the coverage help of the postal division, they’ve given 14.5 million taka earnings share to the federal government within the final 4 years, he mentioned.
The state minister mentioned this stuff on Monday (Might 20) on the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected board of administrators of Bangladesh Affiliation of Software program and Data Companies (BASIS).
State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak mentioned, Nagad is a associate of our postal division. With the postal division’s infrastructure, work power, coverage help, they themselves have change into a profitable startup unicorn in simply three years, however, they’ve shared income of 14.5 crore rupees to the federal government.
Earlier, in one other occasion, the state minister mentioned, because of the authorities’s encouragement of public-private partnership, clients have been served at low costs primarily based on money partnership with the postal division, shifting in the direction of constructing a cashless society and cashless economic system; Alternatively, the postal division can also be getting earnings.
The state minister additionally mentioned that within the final 12 months, based on the money partnership settlement, the postal division has shared earnings of over 5 and a half crore taka.
Mentioning the function of postal division and particular person Junaid Ahmed Palak within the rise of Naqd, Founder and Chief Govt Officer of Naqd, Tanveer A. Mishuk, mentioned, “The Postal Division has been supporting us because the starting.” And Palak Bhai has been with us since start. Each time we ask for his assist with any downside, he solves it shortly.
Mentioning the particular mortgage facility for all members of BASIS when NAD Digital Financial institution is launched, Tanveer A Mishuk, Chief Govt Officer of NAD mentioned, BASIS performs a job in setting the coverage in our IT world. I wish to congratulate them and request them to contribute to coverage updates as per the necessity of the hour. I additionally promise that money digital financial institution will present collateral-free loans to all BASIS entrepreneurs.
Based on Money’s settlement with the Division of Posts, the Division of Posts receives 51 p.c of the income. Based on that, in 2020 money was given to the postal division of Tk 1 crore 12 lakh. Because the money service is increasing, because the variety of service suppliers and clients are growing, the earnings can also be added to the home of the postal division. In 2021, the postal division acquired Tk 3 crore 32 lakh from money. 4 crore 50 lakhs in 2022 and lastly in 2023 the postal division acquired 5 crore 51 lakhs from the earnings.
In 2019, the journey of money began with the hand of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. And Nagd was acknowledged by the Prime Minister because the quickest startup firm within the nation in 2023.
Prime Minister’s Non-public Business and Funding Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman, State Minister of Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu, President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Business (FBCCI) spoke at BASIS program on Monday. Mahbubul Alam and Foundation President Russell T Ahmed.