The Bangladesh Tele-Recharge Association has claimed that it is “not possible” to register the SIMs of all mobile phone subscribers by April 30, the time set by the government. The first light News. The organization says only 40 percent of SIMs have already been registered. So more than half of the SIM registration is still left. The members of the organization are working on biometric SIM registration as well as balance recharge on mobile phones.

As many as 54.5 million SIMs have been re-registered biometrically since the beginning of December last year till the 2nd week of this month. Reported State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim.

The total number of SIMs in the hands of customers in Bangladesh has exceeded 13 crore 19 lakh. In this country of 160 million people, customers and operators are busy re-registering more than 130 million SIMs. However, less SIMs may actually be registered, as some of these SIMs have been lost, corrupted or some have expired SIMs without recharging the account.

In order to complete everything well within the stipulated time and in just 2 weeks more than 6 crore SIMs have to be registered in terms of number. Tarana Halim also said what will be done if it is not done. He Says“According to our plan, we will complete the biometric SIM registration by April 30,” he said. Of these, the ones that will not be registered will be warned by closing the SIM and sending SMS for a few hours to force the customer to register. ”

On the other hand, provision has been made to impose fines on mobile phone operators for unregistered SIMs. Reported State Minister Tarana Halim. In this case, the mobile operators will have to pay a fine of ড 50 (about Rs. 3600) for each unregistered SIM. Bdnews24.com In the news It is learned that the state minister has said that this provision will be effective from May.