Following a series of inexplicable decisions, smart driving licences will not be issued any time soon. In 2016, BRTA signed a deal with Tiger IT to manufacture 1.5 million smart licences within 2022. According to the BRTA, there are 4,217,523 vehicles in Bangladesh, but there are 3,602,419 driving licences. Every day, it issues 20 smart licences at its Mirpur office, 10 at its Dhaka and Chittagong district offices, and five in other divisional cities. As a result, it is regular people who continue to suffer without their driving licences.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 16, 2020 18:22 UTC