E-money order service thru' post offices by Dec

The 'e-money order' service of the postal department will be extended to 1,600 post offices across the country by December this year, said Director General of Postal Department Mobassher Ur Rahman.
"At present, our 806 growth centres at district and upazila level offer the service," Rahman told the news agency.
"After December, even marginal people can transfer their money through the service in a super fast and safe way."
The DG mentioned that their IT experts have already developed software for operating the electronic money transfer.
"The software will be able to operate 23,000 to 24,000 transactions in a day," he said, adding that the UK Department for International Development will provide 100 laptops to help the department implement the project.
The director general said this initiative of familiarising 'e-money order' service at grassroots level will be marked as a major step towards the present government's vow to build a prosperous IT- based Digital Bangladesh.
He said the postal department would also sign agreements with foreign money transfer companies for ensuring a safer way for the rural people of receiving remittance using the e-money order service.
Presently, the postal department provides the service of electronic remittance transfer from its 450 post offices.
Mobassher Ur Rahman said they are now contacting with universities so that students can also pay their fees for admission test through the e-service.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the `e- money order' service by sending money from her office in Dhaka to Tungipara in Gopalganj on the Independence Day this year.