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The government of Bangladesh is claimed to have been involved in direct and self-censorship after introducing Digital Security Act in 2018 which has been a subject of dispute between government and non-government organisations. In 2020, the enforcement agencies detained at least 20 journalists along with 60 other people under the law for ...
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 ...
According to Reuters, the Digital Security Act had a chilling effect on free speech and the media. The law penalizes journalist for obtaining information, documents, and pictures from government offices without government authorization. This, according to Professor Asif Nazrul of Dhaka University, is a threat to investigative journalism in ...
Elections in Bangladesh could be held by the end of 2025, the head of the country's interim government said on Monday, provided that electoral reforms are carried out first. Bangladesh has been ...
The act has been criticized by the United States as something that could be used to suppress free speech. [27] Bangladesh Nationalist Party has called for the act to be repealed. [28] 22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Syed Mahmud Hossain is a strong supporter of the act. In a verdict made on March 6, 2021, Hossain cautioned an accused of ...
Under the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Ordinance of 1979, a board of directors runs the agency. [5] Beginning with the head office in Dhaka and a bureau in Chittagong, BSS now has bureaus in Rajshahi , Rangpur , Bogra , Khulna , Barishal , Rangamati and Sylhet and has its correspondents in all the 64 districts of the country.
[51] [52] The paper has cited Bangladesh's defamation laws as an obstacle to reporting about corruption in the country's security forces. [53] Its editorial in response to a documentary about corruption in the country's army was cited by journalist Tim Sebastian during an interview with Bangladesh government advisor Gowher Rizvi on DW. [53] [54]
People occupying the Prime Minister's Office after the ousting of Sheikh Hasina in the July revolution. The Constitutional Reform Commission (Bengali: সংবিধান সংস্কার কমিশন, romanized: Sôṅbidhān Sôṅskār Kômiśôn) was established by the Yunus ministry on September 2024 with a purpose to prepare a report on the reasons behind the past ...