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Jail sources say, on March 20, the jail authorities filed a complaint against Khadija. Earlier on March 14, he was sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for a health check-up. But jail officials said some health tests could not be possible due to his non-cooperation. For this it was decided to keep him […]
Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman has been granted bail in a case registered under the Digital Security Act. Acting Judge Faysal Bin Ateeq of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order on Wednesday. This was confirmed by Proshanto Kumar Karmakar, the lawyer for the editor of Prothom Alo. He said the Prothom Alo […]
The government will take any opinion on the proposed Cyber Security Act (CSA) for 14 days and that is why the draft of the law has been uploaded on the website. Stakeholders will be consulted about the draft law, if required. Law Minister Anisul Haq said this in a press conference at Bangladesh Computer Council […]
It is being said that journalists will be exempted from the provisions made in the new law to deal with defamation. In the new law, instead of sending them to jail, they will be fined. In December 2021, Law Minister Anisul Haque had said that direct cases would not be registered against journalists under the […]
Amnesty International said it welcomed the move to change the act, which it called “a draconian law that was weaponized by the ruling party and its allies to suppress dissent and stifle online freedom of expression”. But it also sounded a note of caution, saying that “the same repressive features should not be repeated” in […]
Earlier on Monday, the cabinet had taken an in-principle decision to introduce a new Cyber Security Act by making changes in the Digital Security Act. Once the Cyber Security Act comes into force, the DSA will be repealed. In the new proposed law, punishments have been lightened and many non-bailable sections have been made bailable. […]
We are not fully aware of the draft Cyber Security Act. We cannot express relief until we see whether it is journalist-friendly or not, whether the government will actually protect free journalism and freedom of expression. Let me talk about an experience, when the government introduced the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Act, there was […]
It is claimed by the government that the Digital Security Act has not been enacted to harass or harass journalists. It has been made to prevent crimes on digital platforms. If it is so, then why 27.41 percent of the total cases were filed against journalists? Since the enactment of the Act in October 2018, […]
The controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) will be amended by next September, Law Minister Anisul Haque said, however, it will not be scrapped anyway. The minister assured that a committee has been constituted to make the law acceptable to all, to remove its problems. In his speech as the chief guest, Anisul Haque gave this […]
Nazneen Anwar, president of Mohila Awami League’s Rangamati unit and daughter of former reserved seat MP Feroza Begum Chinu, had filed a case against Fazle Elahi in June last year. She was running restaurant business in Rangamati DC Park by taking land on lease from some other person. Allegedly a section of people consumed alcohol […]
