Evaly resumes operations on October 28

Controversial e-commerce platform Evaly is going to resume a new campaign for selling products on October 28, after a pause of one year following the arrests of the firm’s top two officials.

On its verified Facebook page, the e-commerce firm on Tuesday announced to celebrate “Dhonnobad Utshab” (Thanksgiving Festival) which will start at 10:00pm.

Co-founder and former chairman of Evaly, Shamima Nasrin, who also rejoined the company’s board as its director in September, said, “We were supposed to begin the campaign on October 15, but the schedule was deferred to October 28 to provide better services to customers.”

She added, “Evaly will not sell a single product this time without making a profit.”

According to the announcement, the e-commerce firm will sell products with cash on delivery, pick and pay, and cash before delivery.

In the pick and pay method, after ordering the products from Evaly’s website, customers will go to the specified
outlets and collect their products by paying the prices.

In the cash on delivery method, customers will pay the money after receiving the products while they have to make the payment before receiving the products in the mode of cash before delivery.

On September 15 last year, an Evaly customer filed a case with Gulshan police station against Mohammad Rassel, former managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the e-commerce platform, and his wife Shamima Nasrin on allegations of fraud and embezzlement.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Rassel and his wife in a raid at their residence in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on September 16 last year.

Following a petition filed by a customer, the High court on September 22 last year put a moratorium on the sale or transfer of all movable and immovable assets of Evaly which was launched on December 16, 2018. The court also issued a ruling, asking why a liquidator should not be appointed to wind down the e-commerce platform immediately.

On October 18, 2021, the High Court formed a four-member new board, to manage, control, and assess the liabilities of Evaly. On April 6, 2022, Shamima was released on bail but Rassel is still behind the bars.

On October 6 this year, while addressing a live press conference through Evaly’s Facebook page, Shamima claimed the company did not cheat its customers but made mistakes.