After a high-level tour of refugee centers in Bangladesh, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is more convinced than ever of the importance of biometric IDs for helping displaced […]

“ZKTeco’s participation as a sponsor offers another indication of the biometric security specialist’s regionally-focused approach to fostering business partnerships.” ZKTeco‘s ongoing promotional tour took a different tack recently, with the […]

The United Nations’ refugee agency has just completed the first phase of a family counting initiative at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, with a major assist from biometric technology. […]

The growing importance of biometric technology to the UN’s refugee agency was increasingly prominent at last week’s 68th Executive Committee Meeting of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Commenting […]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to promote biometric solutions for the management of refugee populations with UNHCR head Filippo Grandi’s recent visit to a refugee camp […]

“The ID cards are currently being distributed in certain wards on a trial basis, with officials expecting to have them rolled out across Bangladesh by December of this year.” Bangladesh’s […]

Police have disrupted what appears to have been a biometric identity fraud scheme in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Police were alerted to the operation through a tip, and proceeded with a nighttime raid […]

Following through on her insistence that the Bangladeshi government “will be tough on the issue,” State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim has announced that mobile users in the country who […]

Bangladesh’s High Court has cleared the way for the country’s biometric SIM card registration project to go ahead as planned. Authorities worked with MNOs to start registering users’ biometrics last […]

The government minister overseeing Bangladesh’s major project to get mobile network operators to register the biometrics of all users is taking a firm tone as she seeks to ensure it unfolds […]