Bangladesh Cyber Security Act 2026 (Act No. 81 of 2026)

Summary

The Act converts and replaces the 2025 Cyber Security Ordinance, which had repealed the controversial Cyber Security Act 2023, and is deemed to have been in force since 21 May 2025. It establishes the National Cyber Security Agency, headed by a Director General, and a National Cyber Security Council, and provides for computer emergency response teams (CERTs) and digital forensic labs. The government declares critical information infrastructure by notification and updates the list every year; such infrastructure must carry out a yearly audit and is subject to monitoring and inspection. The Director General can remove or have blocked content that threatens cyber security and, at the request of law enforcement, content that undermines security or public order or incites violence through religious or ethnic hatred, but tribunal approval is required within three days, failing which the content must be restored. The Act punishes illegal access and hacking, especially against critical infrastructure, online fraud and cheating, cyber terrorism, online sexual harassment and blackmail and content inciting religious or ethnic hatred, and governs investigations, trials and international cooperation.

Information

Jurisdiction

Bangladesh

Issuing body

Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament of Bangladesh)

Type

Law

Available languages

Bangla

Topics

• Cybercrime and criminal law
• Critical infrastructure
• Governance and coordination
• Incident management / CSIRT
• Diplomacy and international cooperation

Notes

Act No. 81 of 10 April 2026, which repeals and re-enacts Ordinance No. 25 of 2025 (in force since 21 May 2025) and amending Ordinance No. 54 of 2025; section 50 confirms the repeal of the Cyber Security Act 2023 (Act No. 39 of 2023) and governs its effects on proceedings already begun. Act No. 99 of 1 July 2026 omitted section 20. The link points to the Bengali text in the Ministry of Law's official laws database, with the gazetted copy. In 2026 Parliament also passed the Personal Data Protection Act (No. 63) and the National Data Management Act (No. 80).

Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament of Bangladesh). (2026). সাইবার সুরক্ষা আইন, ২০২৬ (২০২৬ সনের ৮১ নং আইন) (Act No. 81 of 2026). https://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1710.html

Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament of Bangladesh). "সাইবার সুরক্ষা আইন, ২০২৬ (২০২৬ সনের ৮১ নং আইন)." 10 April 2026. https://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1710.html.

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  author       = {{Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament of Bangladesh)}},
  title        = {{সাইবার সুরক্ষা আইন, ২০২৬ (২০২৬ সনের ৮১ নং আইন)}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Act No. 81 of 2026},
  url          = {https://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1710.html},
  urldate      = {2026-10-29}
}