Bangladesh ranked 115th, down from 103rd in 2019, as per the UNCTAD's report that was released on Tuesday. In the 2018 index, Bangladesh had fared much better: it ranked 88th. Among the South Asian nations, Bangladesh is ahead of only Pakistan, 116th and Afghanistan, 143rd. The report was done based on the data of 2019, Muhammad Abdul Wahed Tomal, general secretary of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), told Dhaka Tribune. For the first time, Switzerland leads the UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index, just ahead of the Netherlands.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 16, 2021 19:30 UTC