To cater to the growing number of users in Bangladesh, popular messaging application Viber has rolled out its new user interface (UI) in Bangla for the local market.

Telecom regulator registers 5.14 crore active mobile internet connections last month – what was 5.23 crore in October-end. The move comes after weeks of ban on Facebook that started last month and continued till December. BTRC, however, did not explain the reason of the fall.

The government unblocks all social media platforms including Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp and Viber.

Three days after lifting a 22-day ban on Facebook, the government blocks the social networking sites Twitter, Skype and Imo while WhatsApp and Viber still under the restrictions.

The government decides to unblock Facebook but the restriction on online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber will stay for security reasons, the BTRC chairman says.

The government shows interest in inking a deal with Facebook to ensure cyber security in Bangladesh.

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to the government, requesting it to lift the restrictions on Facebook, Whatsapp and Viber within 24 hours.

Death row war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed met their families at Dhaka jail. The meetings took place a day after the Supreme Court turned down their pleas for review against death penalty for war crimes during 1971 Liberation War.

The existing bar on Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber will go after the “situation becomes normal”, country’s telecom regulatory body said today.

Internet blocked across country for over an hour shortly after blocking of Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber.

The government has ordered blocking popular social networking platform Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber this morning.

PM Hasina tells the Jatiya Sangsad that WhatsApp and Viber will be blocked, when needed, to nab people who are carrying out criminal activities in the country using the apps.