Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- A total of 1,458 digital businesses have been registered under Digital Business Identification (DBID) in the last three years since its inception in 2021, according to DBID statistics.

On the other hand, more than 85 per cent of e-commerce companies that submitted applications for digital business identity certification failed to get it due to 'complex provisions' set by the authorities concerned.

Since 2022, the DBID platform has so far received 10,218 applications, but only 1458 business firms have become successful in getting it, which is only 14.76 per cent, according to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) that is hosting the platform.

On February 6, 2022, the then commerce minister launched the...