title: Bangladesh — Outlook: What is coming? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bangladesh/outlook/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Bangladesh](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bangladesh/) Outlook Bangladesh · Question 11 of 11 # Outlook: What is coming? Unfavourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full Bangladesh report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bangladesh/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Bangladesh (BD) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Unfavourable | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer No liberalisation is conceivable in any foreseeable horizon; the direction is tightening. The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 closed the online grey zone, and the government has now replaced the 159-year-old Public Gambling Act 1867 with the Gambling Prevention Act, 2026 (Act No. 98 of 2026), passed 3… ## Full section analysis No liberalisation is conceivable in any foreseeable horizon; the direction is tightening. The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 closed the online grey zone, and the government has now replaced the 159-year-old Public Gambling Act 1867 with the Gambling Prevention Act, 2026 (Act No. 98 of 2026), passed 30 June 2026 and effective 1 July 2026 — a tightening reform, not a regulatory opening. OIC membership and a ~90% Muslim-majority population entrench the prohibition. Reform is tied to the parliamentary calendar around the 13th National Parliamentary Election.