With the rapid penetration of the Internet and other information and communication technology
worldwide, cyber-crime is emerging as a threat to personal data stored in computers and likely to affect the
entire data systems. Even the United States, one of the most technologically advanced countries, is also
subjected to such crimes. Bangladesh, being a less developed country, is also under the risk of cyber-
crimes that might jeopardize the country’s national security. As the incumbent government eyes to ensure
internet connectivity at all government institutions by 2021 upholding the motto of ‘Digital Bangladesh’,
more and more national and multinational companies are offering online services to their services through
the internet following the government’s agenda. From shopping to Banking, all are just a click away with the
higher rate of internet penetration. However, criminals are also using the online platform where they are
committing various sorts of criminal activities including phishing, hacking, and stealing personal data.
Hence, the state-owned, as well as private organizations, might fall prey to cyber-attacks which might affect
the lives of the entire population. More importantly, there have been scores of media reports saying that
terror groups use the online platforms for financing and maintaining intra-group communications. In this
context, the existing laws and government moves against cyber-crimes are apparently very scanty to combat
the burgeoning threat. There was no funds to conduct the study and to get the cybercrimes related
information from the governmental offices of Bangladesh was difficult and these were the main challenges
of the study. The study is mostly based on literature, although the cyber-security and its reality in
Bangladesh context-related issues is a less studied and thus limited literature is available regarding this
topic. The present study attempts to shed light upon the threat posed by cyber-crimes in the context of the
global village with an emphasis on the perspective of Bangladesh.