Desk Report: The election commission (EC) started distribution of smart national identity (NID) cards among the citizens of 27 districts of the country from Wednesday. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other election commissioners jointly inaugurated the smart card distribution programme at 11:00am through video-conference at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon area, joint secretary of the EC secretariat SM Asaduzzaman told BSS.
Smart NID cards will be distributed at sadar upazilas of Manikganj, Munshiganj, Narsingdi, Sherpur, Jamalpur, Mymensingh, Tangail, Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, Lakshmipur, Chandpur, Feni, Natore, Chapainawabganj, Sirajganj, Naogaon, Chuadanga, Magura, Jhenaidah, Satkhira, Kushtia, Jashore, Rajbari, Madaripur, Bhola and Moulvibazar districts and at Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district.
The EC started smart NID card distribution at 37 districts simultaneously through a videoconference on 1 December 2017.