Two officers of the plane were not traced, there is a possibility of information being leaked.

Certain Masoodul Hasan filed GD. When contacted, Masudul Hasan told Prothom Alo that Biman Bangladesh Airlines officials had instructed him to file the GD, so he did so. According to GD, both these officers left the job without following the prescribed procedure. Anwar Hussain fled to Canada on 7 December from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport […]

Cabinet to discuss Personal Data Protection Act: Proposed Act to be presented for approval

Various local and foreign organisations, trade bodies and experts expressed their concerns regarding certain sections of the draft. After this, amendments were brought in the proposed law several times. The UN Resident Coordinator also presented his 10 comments regarding the proposed law to the government on August 10 last year. Due to objections, the government […]

Massive data breach: Personal information of Bangladeshi citizens stolen online

A person contacted by WIRED confirmed that the email, mobile number and billing address listed are theirs. US-based cybersecurity consultant Jeremiah Fowler reviewed the exposed database and confirmed its link to NTMC. Earlier in July, US-based new website TechCrunch reported that personal data of millions of Bangladeshi citizens had been exposed online, and the issue […]

A ministry, some other offices are prime suspects in NID data leak

Asked whether different types of information were being leaked from different offices, the Election Commission official said, “I cannot say at this point. Let’s see what comes out in the investigation. Services of suspicious organizations have been stopped. Explaining about the verification services, KM Humayun Kabir said that not all institutions receive all types of […]