Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina put utmost importance to ensuring cyber security and urged all to crosscheck any information before sharing on social media.

"Cybersecurity is very much important. I would like to tell the people of the country that it’s not wise to react just seeing anything in the internet without checking its authenticity…all have to crosscheck the information," she said.

The Prime Minister said this while speaking at an award-giving ceremony of Digital Bangladesh Day 2019 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) on Wednesday (Jan 8).

She said it has been observed that various unwanted elements and apps are coming up while using the internet. "There should be a system to filter all those…there should be a system to give security (to users)."

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Post Tele Communication & Information Technology AKM Rahmatullah and Senior Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division N M Zeaul Alam also spoke at the programme.

Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed awards among the recipients.