CID starts operation against online gambling
The Criminal Investigation Department of Bangladesh Police has launched a nationwide operation against online gambling and betting in accordance with the newly issued Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025.
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Cyber Security Ordinance promulgated scraping CSA
The interim government has promulgated the Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025 in a gazette, cancelling the previous Cyber Security Act, to identify, prevent, suppress, and subsequently to try the crimes committed in cyberspace for ensuring cyber security.
Ordinance okayed to scrap 9 CSA provisions
The government on Tuesday approved a draft of the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025, scrapping nine provisions that were remnants of the much talked about Digital Security Act and Cyber Security Act.
Citizens demand withdrawal of cases, repeal of CSA
Citizens including University teachers, political leaders, and rights activists in a statement issued on Friday demanded withdrawal of the cases filed against activists Rakhal Raha, Nahid Hasan Knowledge, and Sohel Hasan Ghalib under the Cyber Security Act.
UGC for building awareness on cyber security
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday emphasised the need to increase awareness about cyber security to protect personal, official, and state data...
City Bank client data sold to hacking forums: BCSI
Bangladesh Cyber Security Intelligence in a blog post said that a threat actor breached City Bank data and sold the bank鈥檚 financial statements to underground hacking forums...
Cybersecurity v civil liberties
IN TODAY鈥橲 hyper-connected world, cybersecurity is no longer a luxury. It is a necessity. Governments worldwide grapple with the dual imperatives of protecting nations from cyber threats and upholding democratic freedom. The recently promulgated Cyber Security Ordinance 2024 in Bangladesh epitomises this struggle, sparking nationwide debates about its implications to national security, the freedom of expression and personal privacy...
Inclusion of internet access in cyber security ordinance a victory: BMPCA
The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association on Wednesday said that inclusion of citizens鈥� right to access internet always in the Cyber Security Ordinance 2024 was a victory for consumer rights.
Most cases filed to suppress mass uprising withdrawn, Asif Nazrul says
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government law adviser Asif Nazrul said most of the cases filed to suppress the student-led mass uprising between July 1 and August 5 have been withdrawn.
Govt decides to repeal CSA
The interim government on Thursday decided in principle to repeal the controversial Cyber Security Act 2023.
CSA to be repealed: Asif Nazrul
Law, justice, and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul announced on Thursday that the Cyber Security Act 2023 would eventually be abolished.
Bangladesh to withdraw 1,340 DSA, CSA, ICT cases due to making remarks
The interim government has announced the withdrawal of all cases filed under the cybercrime laws during the 15-year tenure of Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid a student-mass uprising...
Bangladesh govt for amending Cyber Security Act: Adviser
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the Cyber Security Act would be amended soon.
CSA should be repealed to stop abuse, harassment
THIS is alarming that the tendency to muzzle any voice critical of the government is repeated by the political groups that have been vocal against legal harassment of dissenting voice and political opposition during the tenure of the toppled Awami League regime. A case was filed on September 24 under repressive clauses of the Cyber Security Act against a man...
CSA case filed over disrespecting Quran, defamation of Prof Yunus, Nahid
A case has been filed against a man in Chattogram allegedly for insulting the Quran and posting a social media video where the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and information adviser Nahid Islam were disgraced...
Journalists demand scrapping of CSA, justice for Sagar, Runi
Journalists in Rajshahi on Sunday urged the interim government to scrap the Cyber Security Act immediately to ensure people鈥檚 freedom of speech...
Repeal of CSA demanded
Forum for Freedom of Expression Bangladesh on Thursday urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act immediately and enact democratic, humane...
Editors鈥� Council for removing barriers to free journalism
The Editors鈥� Council on Monday in a statement urged the interim government to remove the obstacles to independent journalism.
BASIS urges interim govt to repeal CSA
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act 2023...
Amnesty International urges Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt to repeal CSA
The Amnesty International on Thursday urged the interim government of Bangladesh to repeal or amend the Cyber Security Act 2023...
Govt must overhaul Cyber Security Act and then redraft rules
THE observations that Transparency International Bangladesh has made on the Cyber Security Rules 2004 鈥� consequent on the Cyber Security Act 2003 passed in September 2023 鈥� suggest that the government has not made the course correction that it needed even after repeated criticism of the law by the well-meaning section of society...
Proposed Cyber Security Rules a weapon to control rights, says TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman expressed concern on Thursday about the proposed Cyber Security Rules 2024 saying that...
JL activist sent to jail for posting PM鈥檚 satirical image
An activist of Juba League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League, was sent to jail through a court order on Wednesday under the Cyber Security Act for posting a satirical image of prime minister Sheikh Hasina on his Facebook account...
Commission to probe DSA cases demanded
Researchers and civil rights campaigners, in a webinar on Tuesday, called for the formation of an independent commission to examine the justification of filing thousands of cases under the Digital Security Act in the span of five years started from 2018...
Govt move to allow pvt sector to handle personal data decried
Speakers including lawyers, politicians, cyber security experts and activists on Saturday slammed the government鈥檚 move to allow the private sector to...