Rokomari.com

Rokomari.com (Bengali: রকমারি.কম) or Rokomari dot com is a Bangladeshi e-commerce site. It officially launched on January 19, 2012. Initially, it started selling only books, but now sells DVD, video tutorial, sporting goods, Onnorokom Science boxes (science testing kits), calculator, watch, pendrive, computer accessories and more. Users can order not just by web service, also from mobile device.[1]

Rokomari.com
Type of site
E-commerce
Available inBangla, English
OwnerOnnorokom Group
Founder(s)Mahmudul Hasan Sohag [1]
Key peopleMahmudul Hasan Sohag (CEO)
URLrokomari.com
Launched19 January 2012 (19 January 2012)

History

Mahmudul Hasan is the founder of this site under the control of Onnorokom group. Initially it was only a book-selling site, but now it also sells electronic items.

Apart from books published in its homeland Bangladesh, it also sells foreign books, including several from West Bengal. Rokomari.com primarily sells books written in English and Bengali, though a minor portion of its books have been of other languages, for example, Spanish and Hindi.[2]

Since 2012, they introduced Cash on delivery for the users. Starting with only 100 books, this online bookstore now has over 0.2 million books. About one and a half to two thousand books are sold every day having 150 employees.[3][4]

At present, Rokomari has on-site chatting facility, where users can ask their questions to Rokomari support agents. The website also offers sample reading for most of its books, so that potential customers can get a better idea of their desired books.

Controversy

In 2014 Rokomari.com has taken down Avijit Roy's books after its CEO received a death threat from a Farabi Shafiur Rahman.[5][6][7] In a facebook post Rahman blamed Rokomari of "promoting atheism" by selling Avijit Roy's books. In a statement later Rokomari.com said - "A review committee has already started working to shape a policy under which no book that raises controversy will be shown on our site".[8] Avijit Roy later in a email to Michael De Dora, Director of Center for Inquiry wrote - "... astounded to see that no legal action has been taken against this maniac. Instead, Rokomari decided to withdraw my books from its store."[9]

In the aftermath of the killing of Avijit Roy in 2015 Dhaka Book Fair, Shuddhashar a publishing house in Bangladesh withdraws its books from rokomari.com as a protest for not taking a stand for free speech and thinking.[10]

References
  1. "Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2020 in a nutshell". UNB. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  2. "Godan (Hindi) - Munshi Premchand". www.rokomari.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. "The largest e-commerce bookshop in the country". Desh Rupantor. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. "For the bookworms: Rokomari.com". The Daily Star. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. "Threat takes book out of list". BDnews24. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  6. "Death threat stops book sale". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  7. "Bangladesh online bookstore drops author after death threats". UCA News. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  8. "Bangladesh online bookstore drops author after death threats". UCA News. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  9. "Atheist blogger Avijit Roy 'was not just a person … he was a movement'". The Guardian. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  10. "অভিজিতের সম্মানে রকমারি.কম থেকে বই প্রত্যাহার শুদ্ধস্বরের". Bangla News (in Bengali). 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2021-05-07.


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