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…
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100 million mobile SIMs registered with subscribers’ biometric details in Bangladesh
According to a report in BDNews24.com, over 100 million mobile phone SIMs have been re-registered with the biometric details of…
Court says biometric SIM registration is legal in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi Higher Court has declared that ongoing biometric SIM registrations using fingerprints is legal. The court rejected a petition…
Bangladesh sets hefty fines for misuse of biometrics data
The Bangladesh government has assured mobile phone users that their privacy would not be in jeopardy after they undergo biometric…
23M Grameenphone customers in Bangladesh complete biometric verification process
Bangladeshi mobile operator Grameenphone says that over 23 million customers in its network have successfully completed the biometric verification process,…
VimpelCom welcomes biometric SIM registration and verification initiative in Bangladesh but residents still have privacy concerns
AJ Hanna, chief mobile financial services officer of VimpelCom, the parent company of mobile operator Banglalink, recently expressed the company’s…
Bangladesh launching an epassport plan
The home ministry of Bangladesh announced last week that it will launch an epassport plan for the citizens of the…
Biometrics registration for SIM cards in Bangladesh starts Wednesday
The Bangladesh government is ready to start biometrics registration of mobile-phone SIM card holders on Wednesday December 16, reports The…
World Bank provides $300m in biometric-enabled cash cards to poorest mothers in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government signed a $300 million financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDC), the World Bank’s concessional arm…
Workforce management for Bangladesh Garment Exporters Association member factories
The Bangladesh Garment Exporters Association wants member factories to create a biometric database of workers details in the next three…
