15 Nov 2023
Bangladesh passes new national identity registration bill
TAGS

Moving forward, National ID cards in Bangladesh will now be administered by the Department of Home Affairs instead of the Election Commission. Under this new system, a distinctive national identification number will be assigned to every citizen, including children, serving as their lifelong, unchanging identifier. This approach is designed to eliminate confusion whereby citizens acquire diverse ID numbers from various organizations and varying purposes.

Original article can be found here.

More News

01 February 2024

During times of conflict or natural disasters, it is often even harder to measure adult mortality…

01 February 2024

To further support the ongoing strengthening of the Lao PDR CRVS system, ESCAP and UNFPA have…

01 February 2024

ESCAP, in collaboration with the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA), and with the support of…

31 December 2023

Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) and the UNDP Accelerator Lab (AccLab) have been working together…

31 December 2023

This month, UNHCR, in collaboration with the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO),…

31 December 2023

Congratulations to Tonga on their launch of their latest Vital Statistics report! This is Tonga's…

31 December 2023

The Government of the Maldives has made a historic investment in the human and technical resources…

31 December 2023

Following the passing of the fundamental Law on Civil Registration, Vital Statistics…

31 December 2023

The UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the…

31 December 2023

Sri Lanka recently initiated its digital birth certificates program, commencing with a limited…