Cyber Security Act (CSA)
New data laws put state power above people’s privacy
A study by Tech Global Institute shows that law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies have spent at least $190 million on surveillance technologies and spyware deployed against citizens.
19 October 2025
The law Bangladesh needs to protect children
Grooming is the process through which an adult establishes a connection with an underage individual to win their trust, with the eventual aim of sexually abusing or exploiting them.
3 July 2025
Draft cyber ordinance gets a scrubbing
When the new cyber protection law comes into effect, a majority of the cases filed under its predecessors -- Digital Security Act and Cyber Security Act -- will automatically be dismissed.
22 January 2025
CSA getting scrapped
The interim government yesterday decided in principle to repeal the Cyber Security Act which has been used to curb press freedom and suppress political dissent.
7 November 2024
No alternative to repealing CSA
Describing the Cyber Security Act (CSA) as a tool used by the previous “fascist government” to stifle free speech and instil fear among the populace, speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for the law to be immediately repealed.
8 October 2024
‘CSA will be repealed’
Law Adviser Asif Nazul yesterday said the government will move towards repealing the controversial Cyber Security Act.
3 October 2024
Writing in the time of autocracy
it is difficult to put a number on those innumerable Bangladeshis who lived in fear or had a peripatetic life during Hasina-led regime.
24 September 2024
Cancel all CSA, DSA cases against journos: Editors' Council
The Editors' Council today demanded that the government withdraws and cancels all the cases including those filed against journalists under the Cyber Security Act (CSA) and the previous Digital Security Act, as well as harassment cases related to the recent movement
12 August 2024
'Government should not be swayed by the opinions of a small extremist minority'
Researcher Maheen Sultan shares her insights on the backlash against 'Sharifa's Tale' and promoting comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Bangladesh.
5 July 2024
DSA was indeed a political weapon
What guarantee is there that the CSA won’t be abused similarly?
3 May 2024
Flowery rhetoric on CSA cannot redeem it
High Court judge’s comments a wake-up call for CSA proponents
28 February 2024
Overhaul the Cyber Security Agency to protect data
Citizens’ data must be protected
1 December 2023
Will Khadija’s ordeal end with her release?
The long shadow of DSA continues to haunt victims
20 November 2023
Are we listening to the young people?
They must be able to enjoy the benefits of a functioning democracy
15 October 2023
The media must do more to protest oppressive laws like the CSA
The timing of the Cyber Security Act, in the run-up to the elections, was hardly surprising
18 September 2023
Parliament passes Cyber Security Bill
Parliament passed the Cyber Security Bill after the State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak tabled it in today's session
13 September 2023
Column by Mahfuz Anam: DSA to CSA, a sham of a reform
Journalists’ fate is again being determined in the dark.
31 August 2023