National Identity Card (NID) services will remain under the Election Commission (EC) for now but will eventually be transferred to an independent data authority, said Faiz Ahmed Tayyab ...

National Identity Card (NID ... demanding that NID operations remain under the EC. Monir Hossain, convener of the Bangladesh Election Commission Officers' Association, announced the protest ...

Describing the move as “intentional”, EC’s NID wing officials ... national identity cards began. In 2007, the Election Commission, with support from the Bangladesh Army and United Nations ...

As polygamy is legal under certain laws, official recognition could aid in matters of inheritance, banking, insurance claims, and legal disputes. But this move could also be seen as institutional supp ...

Officials and employees of the Election Commission (EC) will stage demonstrations on Thursday to protest the move to transfer national identity (NID) services to a separate registration commission.