National identity cards project of Bangladesh driving through wrong way
Is it a Voter list with pictures project or national identity cards (NID) project? The confusion was started from the beginning. The election commission of Bangladesh claims it as a Voter list with pictures project although Bangladesh Army claims it as a national identity cards project. Government has taken the project of preparing NID for about 100 million people according to the claims of Army.
At present, biometrics finger print technology is using in national identity cards project. This process is totally technology based. But problem is the testing of fingerprint. Several experts say that it is better to check the similarity of the fingerprint through connecting with central servers or database. If this initiative is taken than one parson will not be able to give his/her finger print more than one place. Fact is that, One parson gives his or her fingerprint in the project office of in his own locality such as Sreepur (example zone). There is no opportunity to send the fingerprints to central servers to check whether this fingerprint is unique or not. So, if he is registered in another place then it will not be possible to find out the similarity of his fingerprint. As a result any one can be register for more than one NID from different places.
Kazi Islam, a young computer expert working in Grameen Solutions as a CEO says that finger print processing servers are needed to process fingerprints. Powerful servers are necessary for doing so. Centre servers and supporting finger print matching servers are also needed to do this work.
He added that, there are several ways of sending data through Internet. File transfer protocol (FTP) technology can be used to give Internet connectivity for national ID card project.
Election commissioner Brig-Gen M Sakhawat Hussain says to BBC that if any voter tries to register twice, in theory, the digital fingerprint images will match, and they will be stopped. “The chances of false voting, of one gentleman entering twice – here and somewhere else – will be eliminated?..
BBC questioned him, is it really possible to photograph, fingerprint and register 90 million people in time? “We hope so,” says Mr Hussain. “We are quite determined to have a free, fair election. That is our mandate. We have no other job.”
But unfortunately, Bangladesh Government has not imported any fingerprint matching servers yet to process biometrics fingerprints. Even, Election Commission of Bangladesh has not taken any initiative to purchase this type of servers. Central server has not made yet to store Data collecting from the several areas. Back up servers is not established as well. At last tender of Buying eight thousand Laptop from Election commission, there is no participation of good brands in the bidding. From all perspective we can say that hardware setup of NID project has not prepared yet.
Now less standard offset papers are used to prepare NID. An Army staff related with this project says that this ID card is being given after the lamination of printed information and picture on the offset paper. Two dimensional (2D) barcode technologies are used in NID though is looks like very feeble. Name, birth date, ID number and fingerprint of a person are included in this ID card. This information can be collected through using the 2D barcode readers.
After visiting the pilot project of Sreepur (the place where this project start of) Mostofa jobbar, a specialist in information technology, says that two company named Tiger IT and Doha tech have made the software, which is used by election commission for NID project. The software is not so bad. But when photo is taken through the web camera the software becomes slower. So, a huge time is wasted. It is a disadvantage of the software. Another thing is that NID project is a huge work. But this software is not tasted to work such a big project. So it can be a risky practice to use untested software in this project.
Presently used software is not checked properly to use in such a large-scale project. So, there is doubt about its success. Concerning authority has no plan to work via Internet or intranet connections to make the national identity cards (NID) projects through online. According to the views of army, it is their responsibility to support election commission to prepare NID and NID will be prepared before the next election of Bangladesh, which is scheduled before the end of next year. On the other hand, election commission says that it is not their responsibility to prepare NID. They need voter list with pictures only. So, the current process of preparing NID is like chaos.
Leading Weekly News Magazine of Bangladesh “Shaptahik 2000” published a cover story on the current National ID Card process. To read the details report, please visit this link:http://www.shaptahik2000.info/issues/2007/year-10/issue_12/pdf/pp20070803.pdf
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For your kind information… I want to say that…. Bangladesh Army is checking the biometrics in the matching server in central database….
Already Bangladesh Army has got the duplication in finger prints… and they are under trial for this offense….
Thank you…
This system is good .I think everybody should come forward to help Election commition.
system is good. But…..bad Picture quality & low quality plastic (laminate) card. could be better within present cost. It’s impossible to store this card more than 1 year for rural People.
amar poribarer 4 ta id korte diyesi kintu 4 ta te i namer marattok bhul. emon onobiggo lokder diye eto vhalo ekta kag korano ekebare i thik hossena.
I found an article on Grameen Solutions’ mismanagement. You can go there by clicking here. If the article is true then how come they will participate on the country’s prospect!
Bangladesh Army, have tried to manage the National/Voter ID card fairly. But the problem is that someone of the Registration process are not perfect, compatible for the project. You know, its quiet tough to manage a big project like 50-60milion people’s registration…….
I got my ID card today…. I found some problem on my Voter ID card…… like the mistake on my name MOHAMMAD printed MOHAMMED……. My younger sisters’ Tanima Rashid printed Tanima Rashida, My mom’s name is Mahmuda Harun printed Maha\muda Harun!!!!!!!!
The picture quality is not so good.
Its all are printing/fingering mistake and the poor reader/operating problem.
But bravo to the Bangladesh Army that they tried and quite manage the big project of pressure.
i hope i will be manage the printing mistake be solved.
Thanks.
sir,
I have lost my paper for getting ID card.But i have voter ID number so how will i get voter id card.
I thought to the computer a finger print is simply a data cluster, the software converts the finger print is digital values which are compared to other data on the data base. I wonder if there is anything called finger print server (hardware) it is the software that differentiates between what is a finger print or something else and not the job of hardware.
S. Akhtar
Dhaka
How can make the national ID card for forrine bangladeshi?
There is any website to check national ID card by name or voter number?? please let me know if any…
with best regards,
Email: Khanzh1@gmail.com
how i can check the information by using voter Id number
i love this system.but there is lot of problem.such as my mom date of birth is not correct .but she want to change it but she cann’t .if she don’t change her birth date, she can come to u.s.a.if is that anybody knows how to change the id ,please let me know by email abdurrmashud@yahoo.com.i will be really glad for ur help.
I’ve got my National Id Card. It was in my Money bag. The money bag was stolen. I’ve no photocopy or duplicate copy of my National ID card. How Can I get another National Id card If lost? please tell me detail in my email.
I have not get my national ID card yet. Somehow I’ve missed the date to collect my ID card.
Now, how can I get my ID card? I’ve registered from Dhaka Udayan School & College center, Dhaka University area.
Please tell me….. from where I can collect my ID card.
I & My Wife, lost our ID cards.How can we get our National Id
Cards?
Hallow,
It is very Happyness FOr us to giving NID, But verry unhappy for My Blood group not attached my ID. Another complain for card- Address is not right. Because only for present address. When EC give present and permanent address to ID then its must be our best plesure. I can’t write english.
AMI liksi Shudu Bojar jonno.
Dont Mind Pls.
The photograph taken by the persons opearted the laptop was not a professinal therefore ,the images taken for ID card does not look impressive
I got my ID card last month. But I found some problem on my Voter ID card…… like the mistake on my Father’s name MD. ABU TAHER PATHAN but printed MD. ABU TAHER without PATHAN. My younger Brother’s MOHAMMAD HASAN PATHAN but printed MOHAMMAD HASAN, My mom’s name is MRS. REHENA PATHAN but printed MRS. REHENA BIBI !!!!!!!
The picture quality is not so good.
Its all are printing/fingering mistake and the poor reader/operating problem.
But bravo to the Bangladesh Army that they tried and quite manage the big project of pressure.
I hope I will be manage the printing mistake be solved.
Thanks.
Please let me know if anyone know about how to change name & others on National ID card.
Still I did not get my ID card. When and where I can get my ID card ? I checked through web and found my father name sapling was mistake at that time I checked through web site and applied for correction. I am from Mohammed pur . Our two forms no as are 3945649 & 3945650. Appreciate your help in this regards
I’ve got my National Id Card. It was in my Money bag. The money bag was stolen. I’ve no photocopy or duplicate copy of my National ID card. How Can I get another National Id card If lost? please tell me detail in my email.
Sankar
Dear Recipient, EID MOBARAK DATE: 09.12.2008
I got my ID card few months ago. But I found some problem on my Voter ID card… like the mistake on my Father’s name Late Khandaker Abdul Mannaf but printed Late Khandaker Abul mannan. And Also Mistake on Own Name.
Its all are printing/ writing mistake and the poor reader/ operating problem. Please let me Know, How Can I Fixing this ID Card.
Also Thanks our bravo Army that they manage the big project of pressure for our Golden Bangladesh.
I hope I will be manage the printing mistake be solved. Please let me know if anyone know about how to change name & others on National ID card.
Best Regard,
Khandaker Mahmudur Rahman
Staffquater Road, Chakmal-gram,
Bogra.
Mobile :01911184514
Email :shuvo_61028@hotmail.com
Ki bapar vai…..eto gula comments….but reply kon page a? ID card dekhar web page konta? I mean how can i get the proper information of my national identity card by submitting my 13 digit ID NO……what is the address f that web site?? I know that site exists…..
Recently My national ID card lost……..
Now what to do………??
plz give proper advise
Dear sir,
i am sanjoy kumar and i did fill up my national id card form from Mirpur-7, but recently i have lost my id card.
and i did GD AND i informed it to the local word commissioner office but i did not give any hopeful information and i guess to see their attitude that they were not interested about this.
so what can i do for it.
waiting for your immediate reply
thank you.
for your kind informatiion,………….. i am giving my national id card address:
sanjay kumar Ghosh
Father’s name: Govindo Ghosh
mother’s name: Gita Rani
D-2, (ground floor) , Arambagh Road, mirpur-7, Dhaka-1216.
I think it is people’s fundamental right and necessary for a nation. we got it’s good result during last parliamentary election.
Still I did not get my ID card. Where I can get my ID card ? Please inform me in my E-Mail address.
My E-Mail: ashik_zavin_gt2009@yahoo.com
I lost my Nation id card . My name is noor-e-alom.
if anyone get it,then please contact with me.My
email address is victu_my@yahoo.com.
National ID Card
The article on NID heading the wrong way by Arafatul Islam seems to me that he is either a finger print server vendor or has written the article on behalf of one.
Arafatul Islam should first realise and commend that the project has been completed in the shortest possible time against a cost of approximately Tk 450 crores by the Army.
Time and again we have seen the earlier Election Commission wasted crores of Taka and what we have received a crore plus of false voters.
Arafatul should realise if he is IT guy that the toughest part is to get the data in the computer system. Once you have it in than you can always get any hardware to subsequently cross check the central database if there is any duplicate database. To the best of my knowledge EC has already done it.
So please before posting a comment be knowledgeable and kindly do not promote personal products and sabotage national projects which we can be proud of.
Hello.
iI am a candidate brothers, so i need votar list . our election area dist: Jamalpur
Date of Birth Problem
i have got my national id card. in my id card my date of birth is 10.06.1987.my orginal date of birth is 01.10.1984.now what can i do.please info-frk230@yahoo.com
Where do I go to see information related to my National ID card and make necessary correction?
I’ve got my National Id Card. It was in my Money bag. The money bag was stolen. I’ve no photocopy or duplicate copy of my National ID card. How Can I get another National Id card If lost? please tell me detail in my email.
Still I did not get my ID card.
My voter identification no. is :261357136885.
I could not collect my National ID Card.
Where from I can collect my ID?
Please inform me in my E-Mail address.
Thanks
Mahfuz
i lost my id card. how i can got it?
I could not collect my National ID Card.
Where from I can collect my ID?
Please inform me in my E-Mail address.
Reza
need my id details
Wanna verify National ID cards in online.Link plzzzzzzzzzz
i have saw that, in EC website you hav write 2099 instead of 209 that is write
Urgently I need to correct my name from national ID card. I saw that the spelling of my name is wrong. My name is Hasmot Ali and wrongly written my name is Asmot Ali on NID. It makes necessary correction urgently. Please tell me on my Email address details.