Face book only opened, the rest are remained closed in Bangladesh

 // Shamsul Basunia//

Bangladesh government unblocks face book after remain closed 22 days for

 security reasons. The young people became happy again

 to have the new technology to communicate

the near and dear ones including the

near and remotest residing friends

across the globe. Especially

the school and college

 going pupils’ thrill know

 no bounds.

Although the government on Thursday lifted its restriction on popular

 social network site Facebook after 22 days, it has remained

 watchful on other social networking sites including

Viber and WhatsApp for

security concerns. 

Officials said the government is unlikely to unblock

 the rest of social network sites shortly. “The other

apps have been kept blocked as all of them

 cannot be monitored or located.

The government will take decision over unblocking the social

 media platforms at a later time, considering security

situation,” home minister Asaduzzaman Khan

Kamal told the journalists

on Thursday evening.

State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim

 echoed the home minister. “Other apps will be

unblocked only when there will

 be no security threats.” 

State minister for information and communication technology

division Zunaid Ahmed Palak confirmed this to newsmen.

On 18 November, the government closed operations

of several social network services, including

Facebook, Viber, WhatsApp, Messenger,

Line, Tango, and Hangouts, in the

country on security grounds.