The distribution of 'smart NID cards' for Bangladeshi citizens has been inaugurated by handing over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her card after she provided her iris impression and fingerprints.

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 2 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday launched the distribution of machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 10 crore citizens, which ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh . Bangladeshi police on Sunday have detained four Election Commission (EC) officials in connection with providing National Identity (NID) cards to Rohingya people who are ...

The smart NID cards were produced in France and later data were stored in the cards in Bangladesh, said Brig Gen Sultanuzzaman Md Saleh Uddin, director general at the EC's NID Registration Wing.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has decided to provide smart national identity (NID) cards to all citizens of Bangladesh — about 116mn- irrespective of their ages.

The NID is fully associated with the national election and the voter list. And if the government gives the job of issuing NID cards to any other body, the EC will face difficulty in working.

National identity cards will have a validity of 15 years, and renewal will have to be applied for at least six months before expiry, according to a new bill tabled in parliament on Wednesday. Over ...

D HAKA: The Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh has "locked" the National Identity Cards (NID) of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her nine family members. The National Identity ...