PM to introduce today: e-passport a milestone in Dhaka-Berlin ties

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Staff Reporter :
The introduction of ePassport and Automated Border Control Management is a “milestone” for the cooperation between Bangladesh and Germany, being equally important with regard to business as well as security.
The project represents a successful partnership between the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP), Security Services Division, Home Ministry and German Company Veridos GmbH, said a statement of German Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday.
“This achievement can be seen as part of the Prime Minister’s vision for modernizing the country,” said the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany welcoming this new development and congratulating Bangladesh on its achievement.
Electronic passport or will formally be introduced in the country on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the ePassport service and automated border control management at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).
The Embassy said, it places Bangladesh into the top of the elite group of countries with the most remarkable and temper-proof ePassport systems.
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