Palli Bidyut bill payment free thru Nagad

Nagad has unveiled a new service allowing customers of 12 Palli Bidyut Samiti in Savar, Keraniganj, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Gazipur, Munshiganj, Manikganj, and Bhaluka to pay their electricity bills using the app of the mobile financial service or USSD at free of cost.

Customers first need to select the Pay Bill option on the home screen of the Nagad app, a press release said.

After selecting the 'electricity' icon, users have to click on the BREB (Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board) option and enter the bill amount and the meter number.

Users need to hold the 'Tap' symbol to make the payment successfully after entering the Nagad PIN.

Customers have to dial *167 # from their phone if they want to make the payment through USSD. After selecting the 'Bill Pay' option by choosing 5 from the menu, users have to select the BREB option by selecting electricity.

They need to enter the bill amount and the meter number. Upon entering the PIN, any user can easily make the payment.

Once the bill is paid, users will receive an SMS with a token number. To complete the recharge, users must manually insert the token number into their digital meter.

A customer can pay any amount of prepaid bills starting from Tk 50 using Nagad.

"This new service will make it significantly easier for our users to pay the bills from the convenience of their home," said Sheikh Aminur Rahman, chief marketing officer of Nagad, in the press release.