As more public services move online, Bangladesh wants a clearer plan to keep citizens' data safe. That was the message of a two-day seminar on cybersecurity and data protection that opened in Dhaka on Tuesday, November 10.
Faqir Mahbub Anam, minister for posts, telecommunications and ICT and for science and technology, opened the event at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon. He asked the National Cyber Security Agency to turn the seminar's recommendations into a working roadmap.
The seminar runs under the EU-funded "E-ffective Governance" project. Experts from Estonia's e-Governance Academy are taking part. Estonia is often cited as a model for digital government, with most public services online.
ICT Division Secretary Md Mamunur Rashid Bhuiyan chaired the opening. PM's Adviser Rehan Asif Asad and Bangladesh Computer Council Executive Director Nahid Sultana Mallik also spoke.
For ordinary people, the stakes are practical. National ID details, land records, tax files and health data now sit in government systems. A roadmap could set rules on who can access that data, how it is stored and what happens when something goes wrong.
For young people in Munshiganj and across the country, it also points to jobs. Cybersecurity skills are in demand in both government and private sectors.
