News reports, court documents, lawyers, victims and relatives of victims were used as source material. These findings were presented at a webinar 'The Ordeal: Five Years of the Digital Security Act 2018-2023', organized by the Center for Governance Studies, a non-governmental research organisation, on Tuesday. In view of the criticism, the government “amended” the Digital […]
The government signed the Act into law in 2018 and it has been widely criticized at home and abroad. According to the Law Minister’s statement in Parliament, a total of 7,001 cases have been registered under DSA till January 2023. However, the law was abolished in September 2023 and replaced by the Cyber Security Act […]
Nurul Kabir, editor of the daily New Age, has expressed concern over the state of democracy in Bangladesh, saying that it would be a significant disinformation claim to claim that it is a democratic nation and that democratic continuity has been maintained through the 2014 elections. And 2018. “It is the biggest propaganda to say […]
He said civil society organizations often face allegations of working against national interests when funded by Western countries. Therefore, they should work independently considering the historical and socio-cultural contexts of certain localities. During the question and answer session, Debapriya Bhattacharya said, “Our experiences show that civil society can be more powerful in a political environment. […]
Digital Security Act being used as a weapon to silence opposing views: Speaker
The information that came out in the survey of two research institutes on Bangladesh’s business environment on Sunday is very shocking. The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has conducted a survey under the title ‘Bangladesh: Business Environment 2022’. And the Center for Governance Studies (CGS) has another work on corruption in the private sector and […]
