Nagad Expands Electricity Bill Payment to 20 More BREB Cooperatives

Customers of 29 Palli Bidyut Samities under 20 additional zones of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) across 24 districts will now be able to pay their electricity bills through mobile fintech solution Nagad. With the inclusion of these new cooperatives, more than half of the country’s Palli Bidyut Samity customers can now settle their electricity bills using Nagad.

In a statement issued on Monday, February 16, Nagad said that postpaid bills of 20 additional Palli Bidyut Samities (PBS) under BREB can now be paid through the Nagad app. All customers of the newly added cooperatives will be able to avail themselves of the service.

To pay their bills, customers need to go to the ‘Bill Pay’ tab in the Nagad app and select the ‘Electricity’ option. From there, they must choose ‘REB Postpaid’ and proceed with the payment.

The newly added cooperatives are: Feni Palli Bidyut Samity, Cumilla Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Cumilla Palli Bidyut Samity-2, Cumilla Palli Bidyut Samity-4, Brahmanbaria Palli Bidyut Samity, Kushtia Palli Bidyut Samity, Jhenaidah Palli Bidyut Samity, Faridpur Palli Bidyut Samity, Barishal Palli Bidyut Samity-2, Bhola Palli Bidyut Samity, Dhaka Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Dhaka Palli Bidyut Samity-3, Dhaka Palli Bidyut Samity-4, Narayanganj Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Gazipur Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Mymensingh Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Sunamganj Palli Bidyut Samity, Jashore Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Jhalakathi Palli Bidyut Samity, and Cox’s Bazar Palli Bidyut Samity.

Earlier, customers of Netrokona Palli Bidyut Samity, Pabna Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Rajbari Palli Bidyut Samity, Rajshahi Palli Bidyut Samity, Rangpur Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Sunamganj Palli Bidyut Samity, Sylhet Palli Bidyut Samity-1, Sylhet Palli Bidyut Samity-2, and Tangail Palli Bidyut Samity had already been paying their electricity bills through Nagad.

Around 80 percent of Bangladesh’s electricity consumers fall under BREB’s coverage. Meanwhile, Nagad serves more than 80 million customers nationwide.

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