54 news portals blocked again
Hours after unblocking 58 news portals, 54 of them were blocked again by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday night.
BTRC asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to block the 54 websites, quoting Internet Service Providers' Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) secretary general Emdadul Haque, reports UNB.
He, however, said four of the websites that were unblocked earlier will remain open. These are poriborton.com, priyo.com, risingbd.com and dhakatimes24.com.
Earlier in the day, BTRC unblocked the 58 news portal after blocking those on Sunday.
BRTC Senior Assistant Director (Media) Jakir Hossain Khan said the websites were unblocked after 5pm as per government directives.
On Sunday, BTRC ordered the International Internet Gateway (IIG) operators to block the access to 58 news portals as per the recommendations of the government and law enforcement agencies.
"We gave the order based on recommendations from the government and law enforcement agencies," Jakir earlier told UNB.
BTRC had cited security concerns for the decision but had not elaborated the reasons.
Full list:
bdpolitico.com, pagenews24.com, reportbd24.com, rarenews24.com, bnpnews24.com, prothombangladesh.net, dailyamardesh.xyz, dnn.news, razniti24.com, rbn24.co.uk, sangbad247.com, deshbhabona.com, amardesh247.com, analysisbd.com, awaazbd.com, mbadrul.org, bnponlinewing.com, en.bnpbangladesh.com, bnpbangladesh.com, bnponlinewing.com, banglamail71.info, atv24bd.com, banglastatus.com, bbarianews24.com, sheershanews24.com, shibir.org.bd, news21-bd.com, 1newsbd.net, newsbd71.com, justnewsbd.com, expressnewsbd.com, dailybdtimes.com,
mymensinghnews24.com, muldharabd.com, cnnbd24.com, dailymirror24.com, deshnetricyberforum.com, alapon.live, diganta.net, moralnews24.com, potryka.com, dawahilallah.com, alehsar2.wordpress.com, aljamaah1.wordpress.com, bangladarsulquran.wordpress.com, gazwah.net, jongimedia.wordpress.com, maktabatulislamiabd.wordpress.com, millateibrahimbd.wordpress.com, myquranstudyoneayahaday.com, shuhadarkafela.wordpress.com, defenseupdatebangladesh.wordpress.com, defbd.com, and bangladeshdefence.blogspot.com
BTRC unblocks 58 news portals
