All WASA customers in Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Sylhet city corporations will get the service.
Water bills of WASA can be paid following a few easy steps, using bKash app or dialling USSD code *247#. However, customers will have to bear the applicable charge for bill payment.
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Customers can also save the bill information in their bKash app and will not need to enter the account credentials every time they pay the bill.
Also, they will get a digital receipt having a logo of both bKash and the distribution company along with notification in the bKash app after paying the bill.
Customers will be able to learn how to pay their bill step by step through video after selecting the specific service provider in bKash app, reads a press release.
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People often face troubles including time delay, travel cost, inconvenience of standing in long queues, the hassle of carrying change, and limitation of working hours while paying bills through bank branches and service providers.
So, many customers pay their water bills with fines and face disconnection for failing to pay bills on time.
Also, bKash customers can pay prepaid and postpaid electricity bills of all electricity distribution companies across the country.
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Customers can pay the bills of gas, telephone, internet, DTH, city corporation tax, credit card, insurance premiums and various fees of educational institutions through bKash.
(Written by: ST, Edited by: MA)