On October 2, the Bangladeshi government inaugurated Smart National ID cards (NID) as part of their Digital Bangladesh initiative, aiming to distribute the cards to 100 million people in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday launched the distribution of machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 10 crore citizens, which will replace the currently used ...

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 dream of a digital Bangladesh has come true," Hasina, the first to receive the smart ID card, told the inauguration ... proper security measures for the NID database, she said, "I would ...

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.

It was advised to provide the expatriates with NID cards first if they cannot be included in the voting process at the time. Bangladesh, with a 160 million-strong population, has over 104.2 ...

DHAKA: 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 ...