Dhaka, March 18 -- Officials and employees of the Election Commission (EC), who have been opposing the government's initiative to transfer control of National Identity Card (NID) services away from the commission, have suspended their "operational halt" programme.

The decision was announced by Mohammad Monir Hossain, convenor of the Election Commission Officers' Association, during a press conference held at the EC headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon on Tuesday.

The government has decided to establish a separate authority, the "Civil Registration Commission", to oversee NID services in the country.

At the same time, the Electoral Reform Commission has proposed the creation of an independent statutory body, the "National Citizen Data Commi...