Dhaka: The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of The Digital Security Bill, with a provision for maximum life term jail and Tk 1 crore fine for carrying out propaganda against the Liberation War and Bangabandhu or patronising propaganda on electronic media.

The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said the aim of the new law is to check cyber-crimes.

‘As per the proposed law, if anybody conducts propaganda against the War of Liberation and its spirit, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman or the Liberation War issues, which have already been already settled by court, through electronic media, he or she will suffer maximum life-term jail and minimum three years’ imprisonment and the highest Tk one crore fine or both,’ he said.

According to the proposed act, Shafiul Alam said, if anybody makes any attack or hacks very important information infrastructure like Biman Cyber Management, he or she will have to serve maximum 14 years’ and minimum two years’ jail or Tk one crore fine or both.