WhatsApp, Viber, Line, mypeople & Tango Banned in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued a notice to the mobile phone operators of the country to restrict the use of the top Five instant social messaging applications in the country till 21st January(Further discussion over extending the period is ongoing in the department).

Previously the banned list included just Viber & Tango (basically Voice call applications) but later on three more applications namely WhatsApp, mypeople and Line were also included in it.

"The ban is due to information of a terrorist attack received by the government"Officials of  the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and the mobile operators and " it has been observed terrorist resort to these services due to their anonymous nature and it being harder to track communications over these networks."

But the youngsters of the country seems frustrated due to these step of the government.



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