Dhaka: The interim government chaired by Muhammad Yunus is ready to finalize an ordinance within a week, which will abolish the nine controversial provisions of the Cyber Security Act -2023, including the liberation war and the father of the nation, the father of the nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.One of the provisions terminated during the format of the new ordinance is punished for fulfilling any “disgusting, misleading or defamation propagation” against the liberation war, the spirit of liberation war, Mujibur Rahman, National Anthem, or National Flag. “Law advisor Asif Nazrul said that this provision was often misused for” disturbed “people in the past.In a meeting held on Tuesday, the council of advisors approved the draft of the new ordinance titled ‘Cyber Protection Ordnance -2025), which fulfills the interim government’s promise to cancel the Cyber Security Act -2023. Once the Law Ministry is vetoed, the ordinance is expected to formally gazett and implement within a week.Nazrul said that in the provisions of nine abolished provisions, 95 percent of all cases filed under the 2023 Act were accounts.These cases will be automatically canceled after the new ordinance is effective. “When we took over for the first time, we promised to cancel the previous Cyber Security Act and replace it with Amodorn Act,” he said.For the first time, Internet Access will be officially recognized as a civil right in Bangladesh. The ordinance is clearly defined and crime to online sexual harassment and misuse of women and children. In addition to the targeted abuse and indecent language, the ordinance removes provisions that punish the general opinion or speech.
