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UK Launches Digital ID Initiative: Prime Minister Starmer's Plan to Combat Illegal Immigration
Sep 26, 2025 05:34 pm CST
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled plans for a nationwide digital identification system stored on mobile phones, designed to simplify access to government services while tackling illegal immigration by making work authorization verification mandatory. The initiative comes amid growing public support for digital ID solutions despite the UK's historical resistance to national identity cards.
Bangladesh Bars Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, Family From Voting In Next Year Poll
Sep 18, 2025 04:50 am CST
Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said it has "locked" the national identity cards of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, effectively barring her from voting in the general elections scheduled for February next year.