{"id":777031737,"date":"2025-09-16T10:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031737"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:07:19","slug":"bangladesh-introduces-new-penalties-for-online-gambling-and-cybercrimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bangladesh-introduces-new-penalties-for-online-gambling-and-cybercrimes","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh introduces new penalties for online gambling and cybercrimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 imposes up to two years in prison for online gambling, fraud, and deception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh.- The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 introduces new penalties for online gambling, fraud, and deception. Anyone involved in creating, operating, participating in or promoting online gambling faces up to two years in prison, a fine of up to BDT10m (US$81.400), or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ordinance specifies that running gambling portals or apps, assisting, encouraging, or advertising such activities are punishable offences under Section 20 of Chapter VI. Meanwhile, online forgery carries a maximum penalty of two years\u2019 imprisonment, a fine of BDT2m (US$16.000), or both, while fraud or deception could lead to up to five years in jail and fines up to BDT5m (US$40.000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology said that law enforcement agencies have ramped up surveillance on these activities.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Supreme Court to hear challenges to India\u2019s online gaming ban<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 imposes up to two years in prison for online gambling, fraud, and deception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777031748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 in Bangladesh introduces stringent penalties, including up to two years imprisonment and significant fines, for individuals and entities involved in online gambling, fraud, and deception. This new legislation criminalizes the creation, operation, participation in, or promotion of online gambling activities, with law enforcement intensifying surveillance. The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology has confirmed increased monitoring of these activities.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology","focusai_location":"Bangladesh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement scope?","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and inter-agency collaborations will the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology deploy to monitor and prosecute violations of the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025?"},{"label":"Cross-border implications?","query":"How will this ordinance impact international operators and B2B suppliers whose services might be accessible or utilized by individuals within Bangladesh, and what are the extraterritorial enforcement risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[24906,225,4138],"class_list":["post-777031737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-bangladesh","tag-legislation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031737"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031757,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031737\/revisions\/777031757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777031748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}