Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- BNP acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday warned that Bangladesh's cybersecurity vulnerabilities could put the country's national security and defence system at risk.

"If another country hacks and takes away a nation's vital data, there is nothing left of its sovereignty," he said at a programme organised by the ICT Forum at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).

Alleging that India was hacking the National Identity (NID) data of Bangladeshi citizens, Rizvi said, "People's sensitive information is reaching their hands. This cannot be allowed in any way."

He urged those skilled in information and communication technology (ICT) to work together to build a policy to safeguard the country's securit...