Is the application fee refundable?

No. It is a processing charge and is not returned even if you are not selected, or do not enrol at all. A genuine double debit is a different matter and should be reported to the helpline.

Can someone else’s account pay for my application?

Yes — paying from a guardian’s or relative’s account is entirely normal. The application is identified by your roll and registration number, not by whose account paid. Just remember the transaction record sits with that account holder.

Can I pay by card or internet banking?

Which methods are accepted is stated in each season’s notice and shown on the portal’s payment page. Mobile banking is the usual route, so it is safest to have such an account ready.

Do I need to keep the payment receipt?

Yes. Keep the SMS or an app screenshot until the whole admission process is finished. It is your only proof if anything is queried, and it becomes hard to retrieve later.

Paying for the Application — the Methods, and What Goes Wrong

বাংলায় পড়তে চাও? দেখো: আবেদনের টাকা পরিশোধ — পদ্ধতি ও যা আটকে যায়

The smallest step in the application causes the most panic. The debit SMS has arrived but the portal still shows the application as incomplete — no single situation generates more questions during the season.

In almost every case it is temporary and fixable, provided you know what to do and, just as importantly, what not to do.

How the payment is made

The application fee is paid online only — there is no counter at a college or a bank that takes cash for it. The portal hands you over to one of the mobile financial services, you complete the transaction with your PIN, and it returns you to the application.

For the 2026-27 session the application fee is BDT 220, and confirmation after the merit list costs BDT 340 — both taken from a news report dated 31 August 2026. Even so, check the amount the portal shows before you send anything, since a revised notice can follow.

The biggest mistake is leaving the portal and sending money to a number yourself. Payments made that way never attach to the application.
Check the balance first, and keep a little more than the fee — some services add a charge on top.
Save the transaction ID. If anything goes wrong it is the only reference you will have.

Money gone, application incomplete — what then

The most damaging reaction here is to pay again immediately. In most cases the transaction did succeed and the portal is simply slow to register it.

Wait a while, then log out of the portal and back in, and look at the application status.
Confirm in the mobile banking app that the transaction shows as successful, and write down its ID.
If it is still incomplete, contact the admission portal’s helpline with the transaction ID, your roll and your registration number ready.
Before paying a second time, be certain the first actually failed — otherwise both can be debited.

This problem is commonest on the closing day, which is exactly when there is least time to resolve it — the strongest single reason to finish a day early.

The admission fee is not the application fee

These are two entirely separate costs and confusing them is common. The application fee goes to the board’s central process; it is small and the same for everyone. The admission fee is the college’s own, much larger, and different at every college.

The admission fee is paid after selection, when you complete admission at the college. The gap between government and non-government colleges is wide, so it is worth reading a college’s notice for the likely cost while you are still building your list.

We do not print any college’s final cost here — it varies by institution and is revised annually. The college’s own notice is the only reliable source.