The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved seven projects involving Tk 10,702 crore, including a Tk 1805-crore one to provide all citizens, aged above 14, with smart national identity cards.

Detective Branch (DB) members arrested five members of a gang, who helped in getting bank loans by making fake National Identity Cards (NIDs), from the city’s Mirpur area.

The Election Commission has filed a case against JKG Health Care Chairperson Dr Sabrina Sharmin Hussain for possessing two National Identity Cards.

The Election Commission on Monday started its online services to provide National Identity Cards amid the government  announced holidays to check the coronavirus pandemic.