Bangladesh Smart Driving Licence Delivery in Limbo

Some one million Bangladeshi drivers are currently driving with an ‘acknowledgment slip’, but they are not able to apply for government and private jobs as they don’t have smart driving licence cards.

Additionally, around 300,000 people are unable to renew their driving licences even after applying up to two years ago.

The hold up in delivery is causing difficulties for people looking for driving jobs abroad.

According to the Dhaka Tribune, Madras Security Printers (MSP) and Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory (BMTF) are responsible for the situation as the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) had signed an agreement with MSP on 29 July 2020 – after the contract with Tiger IT, who previously delivered the cards, had ended.

As per the contract, MSP was supposed to provide four million cards in five years (June 2025). Of that amount, 900,000 cards were set to be delivered before December 2021.