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Though not the CT-Cyber Crime Investigation but Cyber & Special Crime Division, DB, DMP arrested Director Anonno Mamun and actor Shaheen Mridha over content the police deemed offensive in the movie Nabab LLB. This was criticized by Nurul Alam Atique, noted filmmaker, as a threat to free speech and artistic freedom. [38] [39]
Jyotirmoy Barua criticized the act saying it was used by the Bangladesh Police and the Awami League to silence dissent. [16] In four months of 2017, 21 journalists were sued under the act. [11] From 2013 to 2017, a minimum of 700 cases were filed under the act with the Cyber Tribunal. [11] The section was replaced by the Digital Security Act ...
The Digital Security Act, 2018, was a digital security law in Bangladesh.This act was passed with the aim of preventing the spread of racism; sectarianism; extremism; terrorist propaganda; and hatred against religious or ethnic minorities through social media, print media or any other electronic media.
As an all-women force, the SWPC is the first of its kind in Bangladesh's history. [17] Bangladesh Police plan to raise such units across the country. [19] Currently, there are roughly 2,000 women officers in Bangladesh Police - less than two percent of the total force and one-third of whom are deployed in Dhaka. [17]
The Police Bureau of Investigation was formed on 18 September 2012 to investigate "sensational" and difficult cases. [3] In November 2016 Bangladesh Police burned down shanties of Santals in Gaibandha and the PBI was tasked to identify the responsible police officers.
The law renamed Digital Security Agency to Cyber Security Agency. [8] Transparency International Bangladesh and Article 19 have been critical of the law and its impact on the citizens of Bangladesh. [9] During the Quota reforms protests, the law was used to filed cases against those posting negative posts about then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...
The Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ই-গভর্নমেন্ট কম্পিউটার ইনসিডেন্ট রেসপন্স টিম) is the state-run agency of the government of Bangladesh responsible for maintaining cybersecurity in the country.
The Bangladesh Bank robbery, also known colloquially as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, [1] was a theft that took place in February 2016. Thirty-five fraudulent instructions were issued by security hackers via the SWIFT network to illegally transfer close to US$1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh ...