Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has shut down 178 unregistered news portals.

The process of shutting down the portals started from yesterday.

Post and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar told, “We received a list of unregistered news portals from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting last night.” These are supposed to be closed yesterday.

“We have been instructed by the High Court to shut down unregistered portals,” he said.

Only those on the list given to them by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as unregistered portals were shut down, he added.

By Md Mojahidul Islam

The most influential and award-winning tech journalist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. President of Bangladesh Tech Journalists umbrella association name Bangladesh ICT Journalist Forum(BIJF).He works for The Daily Ittefaq and is responsible for covering news, editing posts, reviewing devices, producing video reviews, and communicating with the reader base. Journalist, editor, technology, personal technology, reviews, features, analysis, media.

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