ID2020 and partners launch program to provide digital ID with vaccines
The ID2020 Alliance has launched a new digital identity program at its annual summit in New York, in collaboration with…
Bangladesh
Bangladesh biometric prisoner database to enhance prison management
Bangladesh has developed a biometric-enabled prisoner database management system in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…
Bangladesh to use biometrics to prevent refugee voting fraud
The Election Commission of Bangladesh has introduced a separate server to collect personal and biometric fingerprint information of people in…
More than a quarter million Rohingya refugees have legal ID after biometric registration
More than 270,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been biometrically registered and received identity cards, the first time many of…
Homeland Security Expo
Homeland Security Expo Dhaka, Bangladesh December 9-10, 2019 Homeland Security Expo is an international exhibition for defence, internal security, public…
Bangladesh Election Commission fights voter fraud with Crossmatch biometric technology
Crossmatch announced today that it has completed delivery of 150,000 of its optical fingerprint modules for use in electronic voting…
Veridos set to win Bangladesh ePassport contract
The Daily Star is reporting that Veridos is set to win the contract to provide ePassports to Bangladesh. The cabinet…
Bangladesh banks look at biometric verification options for illiterate clients
Bangladesh Bank this week said that scheduled banks should deploy biometric verification options – including fingerprint, iris and facial recognition…
Bangladesh begins issuing biometric national ID cards
The Bangladesh government is issuing national ID cards with biometric details to citizens this week following the inauguration of the…
Bangladesh mobile users only allowed to register 5 SIMs against each NID
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decreased the maximum number of SIMs that prepaid mobile phone customers can register against…
