Dhaka Bureau: Posts and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar said, to ensure safe internet, we have already closed 26,000 porn sites and 6,000 gambling sites. On seeing such sites, the minister assured to shut them down within 24 hours.
He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on Digital and Cyber Security organized by the Electronics Safety and Security Association of Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Dhaka on Saturday (November 26).
Mustafa Jabbar said, Bangladesh has achieved incredible success in ensuring digital security. Although we cannot reach the level of many developed countries in terms of digital security, Bangladesh is far ahead in terms of global capabilities.
Referring to the Digital Security Act enacted in 2018 as the country’s first digital security law to ensure the digital security of every citizen of the country, he said that digital security requires the most precautions. To keep yourself safe, protect your account password, be careful in checking unknown suspicious mail, do not use pirated software, etc.
Emphasizing the importance of encouraging children to use digital devices or mobiles in the digital age, he said that technology exists so that children can practice the good aspects of the Internet and discard the bad aspects. Parents can use parental guidance technology to ensure children’s safe internet use.
Mostafa Jabbar highlighted his 35 years of experience in developing digital technology including computers and said that the journey of computers started in this region in 1964 with the hands of Hanif Uddin Mia. After 1987, following the introduction of Bengali on computers, first the newspaper office and later in the fiscal year 1998-99 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina withdrew VAT-tax from computers and brought computers to the doorsteps of common people. Under the visionary and wise leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we have succeeded in the computer revolution and are on the verge of success in ensuring digital security.
He said, due to digital technology, it is not easy to identify criminals, no criminal is getting away. Law enforcement agencies are using digital technology to effectively bring criminals to justice.
