Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said a subsection would be included in Section 32 of the proposed Digital Security Act, 2018 if that was necessary for protecting investigative journalism.

Rejecting the draft of Digital Security Act 2018, several left leaning parties demand that it should be repealed immediately.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says no one will be harassed due to the Digital Security Act unlike the section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.

The freedom of the press and expression was put to the sword, feared journalists and rights defenders as the cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the Digital Security Act-2018 yesterday.