The most popular social network named “Facebook” which has huge visitors worldwide & which is the biggest hub for the Bangladeshi youngsters to gather themselves in one spot, has been stopped by the present Bangladesh government. It is worth mentioning that, Facebook was launched in Bangladesh at 2004 and more than 9 Lac Bangladeshi uses Facebook.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regularity Commission (BTRC) sent a command letter to Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) and Mango Tele Services Limited (Who Controls Internet Gateway) to ban the Facebook in Bangladesh temporarily until the further notice to withdraw this notice. The ISP Association (An Organization of the Internet Service Provider in Bangladesh), BTCL and Mango Authority has insured this news.
So, what was the reason that is why the Bangladesh Govt. has banned the Facebook temporarily?
In replied, the BTRC Chairmen Zia Ahmed said, some sensitive photos and cartoons were being published in Facebook which can harm the image of the Islam. Initially the BTRC was tried to stop the links from where these cartoon was being published. But, BTRC couldn’t stop these links and eventually they stopped the whole Facebook in Bangladesh.
The Chairmen also added- “after stopping the malicious and sensitive links, the Facebook will be online again for the Bangladeshis”.
An another news said- “A boy named Mahbub Alam Rodin (a Facebook user of Bangladesh) published some sarcastic cartoon of Ex-prime-minister Khaleda Zia & Present Prime-Minister Sheikh Hasina in Facebook”. A special detective team of RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) arrested this guy this morning. This can also be a reason that is why the Govt. has stopped the Facebook.
In Facebook, there are lots of cartoonified picture available where from the USA President Barak Obama to Angelina Jolee (who isn’t) everybody has been scratched. It’s just fun. I don’t know why the present government has arrested this guy (Mahbub Alam) as just he published some cartoons. It’s not a big deal I think when this government claims it is a Digital Government.
We, the Bangladeshi People who loves the Facebook, and who uses the Facebook for several e-commerce related works, hope the Government will withdraw the bans upon from Facebook as soon as possible.
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it iz bummer for us who uses fb daily to daily basis to keep in touch with our relatives and friends…whom we do not c everyday….in Bangladesh…it waz also can be mentioned we who love our religion islam has no interest in doz pages….nd it iz not dt ethical to stop some one voice….u r best juror of what iz right or wrong,,,if think dt iz wrong u could face dt logically….but not by banning da whole sytem…itz shows u r weak. to face dt…itz not dt only islam iz being a subject of humor…Christan….Buddhism and odr religion waz also a subject of humor….but de did not try to killed some one because of dt….we should raise voice against it but not stop dr voice permanently…in my opinion whatever occurred waz wrong…but it waz not da solution to banned da whole facebook….
I don't know who the fucking people are working on BTRC. Can you imagine!! They couldn't stop some external links coming to facebook and eventually the whole system has been closed. It's funny and unethical.
It is good decision to banned face book. Cause our beloved prophet Hazrat Muahmmad (PBH) is very important for us. The ideology, religious concern is very big deal. So this type of serious matter we should not say silly thing. And of course we can say Face book is silly thing instead. I know “IT” and I have some international certificate on IT. Science & Technology is not against Religion or this is not a tool to hurt peoples idea.
as correct as you are with your sentiments, i am sure we all wud not dare allow any blasphemy to our own religion…I was all for shuttin down the group who title was ` ……….Islam' but certain facts remain that these cartoon were spotted weeks ago by the pakistani officials and the court had ruled that facebook should be temporarily banned till they get a firm hold on the content of facebook…the court had ruled the ban to be kept till the 31st may,,,obviously it seems they will be working on the site maintenance n cleaning up the site…but what i dont get if the reason for bangladeshi's FB shutting down is solely for the prophet drawings why have they set the ban almost right after pakistan is lifting theirs….facebook is a global site n if that group was shut down …its shut down….
the irony is utterly hilarious considering the primary slogan for the political campaigners were foremost democracy which entails freedom of speech mainly n also since all the BIG talk about Digital Bangladesh have been thrown around….
political leaders have had caricatures made all over the world…..why shud this young man Rodin be arrested of all things???
arent they jus giving more material for ridicule????
frnd if the decision was taken for MUHAMMAD (PBH)s pic then it would b ok…….but it was taken for sheikh hasina's pic>>>>>is it a good decision??
yes,, u ri8.. i m ur side
Government has gone mad !
yeap……u r right…
This is absolutely ridiculous! For a country that claims to exercise democracy, they are doing a a fine job at being a grade 'A' MONARCHY. They cant just take a away peoples freedom of speech. All i have to say to the issuer of this memo is sort out our electricity/gas issues with your time and stop fucking with the only sector that is actually flourishing in Bangladesh at the moment!! This is preposterous!!
Well said. I think the more important matter however is the infringement on the Bangladeshi’s rights. I am an American student currently doing my internship here in Bangladesh, upon finding out about this, i was shocked. I hope that the young educated population in Bangladesh will become up roared by such actions the government has chosen to take. The access to Facebook is a small, relatively unimportant matter, the power and control the government has over the rights of the people is a huge matter.
Yeah! It's exactly what I m thinking now. A democratic government never ever can't interfere to the general's people's freedom. In a democratic country everyone has the right to talk anything, everyone has the right to say write anything. If such type of rudeness is continued; oneday I will see, this blog also be banned.
This so sad to see, how the countries like Bangladesh is taking on People and taking away their right to free speech. Selective democracy exist to an extand to get foreign aids, otherwise it would be still lashing on people just to misspell “Mohamed” or pronouncing Mo-ha-mod instead of Moham-med. I am not sure how long? how long?? people with sence will be disgushed with this kinds of nonsence. What does it matter how Prophet Mohamed was looked? wheater Prophet had a turban, beard or clean shaved man? Let it be the imagination of the person. Religion should be very personal, like your bathroom. I dont have to bother you when you doing something very private like mating or spending time in bathroom. Anyways, what I am trying to say that you must allow people to have their free speech to live in a democratic society. Not to mention, why the nation of Bangladeshian would be suffered for one bad apple??? Thanks.
Yup, that’ll do it. You have my apprecaioitn.
Answer to your last question, that guy did not only publish sarcastic photos, but also committed several cyber crimes with a couple of fake accounts that he owns. It's his own speech that he has got a large number of fake accounts in social networking sites. I support the arrest, but it's a thoughtless decision to turn down Facebook in Bangladesh.
Read my post here: http://www.aisajib.com/2010/05/30/opinion-on-face…
O is it?? Ok let the things to be continued……but we hope, within very shorter Facebook will be online.
They shouldn't post the cartoons but by banned facebook govt. has prooved that they are not digital minded.
Facebook shouldn't be ban in Bangladesh. As It seems to me that, another nasty political forces has been applied there.
yeap…man ..>>>>right
I don't know who the fucking clown are giving such type of consultation to the present government. It's funny. All of the BD politicians goes to hell……….:(
AL won by a land slide appealing to the young with promises of Digital Bangladesh, they just successfully killed all their support by this decision… facebook is like breathing air nowadays….
Dis is rilly wrong bcuz facebook is da only thing Wich has become a tym pass or a hobby for us teenagers I rilly hope dat dey end dis thing ASAP!!! I feel lyk dying ryt now bcuz facebook is everything for me … I wud kindly request da government to stop dis immediately and think bout da 9 lakh bangladeshis who r suffering and are not able to communicate wid their relatives and frnds and i am 1 of those 9 lakh people whu is suffering da same problem plzzzz giv facebook bak 2 us!!!plzzz
hey If u want to use facebook first download http://www.hotspotshield.com and then u can facebook
Government has taken a good decision.
Fb should b free aggen! =(
i can't live without facebook :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Firstly, Facebook cannot be stopped for those reasons!
Secondly, the way you presented the truth is misleading. When you say anything true, say it completely, PLEASE. Just some pictures and porn pictures are not the same!
Thirdly, facebook is for business. it is not secular. they are severely biased towards the countries they make profit from. I will be writing on it in details at http://www.icodebd.com
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But whatever the reasons are, we still need it.
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the recent step of facebook of not banning the pages that mocks and insults and slanders the most beloved person of muslims came to a shock to thousands of people. i again repeat most beloved person of “muslims” as no muslim is a complete Muslim until he loves prophet MUhammed (PBUH) more then his life more then his father more then everything. I ask my respected previous blogger if someone would have drawn your mother having sex with animals would you like it. obviously you would try to stop it or even bash the person up. similarly when MF hussain drew devi Sarasvati hindus were hurt and when jesus (pbuh) was depicted by a frog on a cross thousands of christians where hurt.As Bangladesh is a democratic state the govrnment laws reflects the belief shared by people as well as laws passed to protect people. The mockery of prophet was regarded as freedom of speech by the government of many countries.But for muslims it was an insult. If someone insults you and mocks your mother i dont think you would go to him.similarly hosting “Draw Muhamed day” by facebook was an insult to the entire muslim world and i hope Bangladeshi Muslims can bear the pain of not using facebook for few days.
all the attributes what makes a man to be human, some of them are to feel for other human, feel pain to see other’s pain, laugh with them, share joy with them, be able to undiferenciate between others, be able to sacrife for the humanity. Now what sacrifice would you suggest us to make for prophet “M” or “X”? Do you think that I should care if a mad person depicting my mom with an animal? or depicting mohamed with an animal?? All I could say that the person has gone out of his senses, and continue my day to day business. For stupid things like this, we would have to shut down FB, is shows how shallow we are. We can even face a mad person, without being mad. In my opinion, this world would be a better place if we all would have learned to live togher and respect different way of lifes!!!!
If you want to use facebook you can easily use it..
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Dis thing is not WORKING!!!
It's working but requires some extra information to work correctly. Heay! beware at the time of entering to facebook by using these proxy sites. They store your cookies….so your personal information might be stolen.
its not fair atol we want facebook back cause we did not do anything againt the bangladeshi government do it to some one who did it ………..and its making our life miserable
Okkk fine den…. ppl r also passing comments on such things…so is the government gonna bann those ppl from da country too???
Ha ha ha………..Wait mate. It may be happen……Bangladeshi is a country of all possibilities.
good one…i am so pissed i feel a very very bad urge to draw now…
GUYZ! YOU CAN USE FACEBOOK VIA YOUR MOBILE!
WOW! The advice of the guy above me worked! really!
HOLY CRAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP…….dude u aint no bokachele…i got fb on my phone…wait shud we delete these posts in case go against the govt's sentiments n they shut down the mobile FB as well??
কাজটা অযৌক্তিক। চরম অযৌক্তিক!!! ডিজিটাল বাংলাদেশে এসব কি হচ্ছে???
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হুমমম। চরম অযৌক্তিক………কিন্তু সরকার বুঝলে তো???? এইসব ভুয়া সরকার থাকলে বাংলাদেশ কখনোই উন্নতি লাভ করতে পারবে না। আমাদের একজন মাহাথির মোহাম্মদ দরকার।
We even dun have any fundamental right to talk something against their monster attitude. what they want they can do… they (i mean sheikh hasina govt awameligue) i cant even write here my true name and e-mail. they r using police & rab to protect their corruption… its not religious issue its all about political issue to BANN FACEBOOK IN BANGLADESH because some1 made fun of sheikh hasina, he create a pic of her… they called it digital bangladesh LOL they gone freak… Shame on them….
this is just ridiculous!
Even being in 2010,there are some jerks who think like Stone Age persond and make a joke out of themselves..Seriously invest time in arresting criminals and rapist instead of banning websites..do not steep that much low and ridiculise your Government..posting cartoons is nt a crime..
Actually it's a political matter. It has no relation wid Prophet Muhammad saw's mocking photos. How can our govt protest against ridiculing Our prophet whereas they, themselves r ridiculing our religion everytym by their anti- religious actions? They r tryin to make Bangladesh a secular country…..it's apparent 4m their deeds. Again i know in fb there r thousands of people who r tryin to spread islam n protest anti-islamization of Bd even by their words or raisin awareness among people. That's the strategy our govt followed to stop it, truly 4 their own achievement. Woe to the wrongdoers!!
ak jonner jonno sobai k shasti deya thik na……………
According to the Daily Star, a high official of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission said that, “The access to Facebook will resume when the data operators find a way to block such anti-social content.” OK…I AM CONFUSING I THOUGHT REPORTING THE GROUP ALONG WITH ANOTHER HANDFULL OF PEOPLE DOES THE TRICK…HELL U SHUT DOWN AN ENTIRE SITE…U DONT EVEN NEED HALF THE EFFORT JUS A HIGH OFFICIAL MAKING A PHONE CALL MEBE??…ANYWAYS I WONDER WHAT THESE DATA OPERATORS ARE DOING NOW??? MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ???- FOR THOSE WHO COULDNT CONTAIN THE VIRUS OF THE CONTENT???
HONESTLY SPEAKING THEY BETTER COME WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAN THROWING AROUND TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGIES….WHO ARE THEY TRYIN TO KID???
According to the Daily Star, a high official of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission said that, The access to Facebook will resume when the data operators find a way to block such anti-social content. OK…I AM CONFUSING I THOUGHT REPORTING THE GROUP ALONG WITH ANOTHER HANDFULL OF PEOPLE DOES THE TRICK…HELL U SHUT DOWN AN ENTIRE SITE…U DONT EVEN NEED HALF THE EFFORT JUS A HIGH OFFICIAL MAKING A PHONE CALL MEBE??…ANYWAYS I WONDER WHAT THESE DATA OPERATORS ARE DOING NOW??? MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ???- FOR THOSE WHO COULDNT CONTAIN THE VIRUS OF THE CONTENT???
Underestimating anyone including government is a defamation which is a crime regarding law….!!! Its a democratic country..Nobody has got right to bully or insult or underestimate someone whether directly or indirectly..!! I would like to recommend government not only concerning themselves but also concerning any individual who has been defamed by someone or something should be taken an action against.."To certain extent I DID SUPPORT THIS ACT OF GOVERNMENT".
Why Facebook? Google Bazz, Twitter, Hi5, Myspace,,,,,,,there is lot of Social Networking sites in the web. Try something new……….
It's true that there are lots of other social networking websites still there on net. But how many of your friends are using these? You use facebook because your friends use it. isn't it?
i think BD g0vernment should allow us 2 use facebook again
m0st 0f all these pages and groups against the prophet is not created by the BANGLADESHIS
BD GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A WRONG DECISION
This is not a way to make a DIGITAL BANGLADESH…..
Totally wrong decision!!! We want Facebook as soon as possible!!!!!! 
I am living in a country who is still analog in 20th century
.-= Nasif´s last blog ..The Real Reason Behind Bangladesh’s Facebook Ban =-.
Nasif bro…….sometimes I feel like crying.
Sometimes, I feel, I would perform better, I would flourish my brilliancy if i went to another country where such type of fucking politicians don’t exist. 
the govt isnt smart enough to track dos people so closed the whole thing……… if this goes on for too long many people in bd will start fights wit the police….. rampage will become common…… nd they will do this for their communication kinks……. if da govt is goin to close it then they sud open a new social network…..
IF NOT… THERE WILL BE FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good.Very Good For My Exam.Now Its Easy To Give My Exam
We Are Really Hurt About It.
Facebook should be banned because Sheikh Mujib is above all criticism. And criticizing his daughter is similar to criticizing him. Almost 100% people in Bangladesh have that kind of faith in Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Mujib. This is just the beginning not end of such blocking. If you want to denigrate Sheikh Hasina or Sheikh Mujib you should move out of Bangladesh and give up your citizenship because you are holding such because of them.
faul bd govt…………………………………………………. hayre digital bangldesh………khutayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
hope bd govt think dat…..quickly facebook open…….r awame leage power a jete parbe na..
all the attributes what makes a man to be human, some of them are to feel for other human, feel pain to see other's pain, laugh with them, share joy with them, be able to undiferenciate between others, be able to sacrifice for the humanity. Now what sacrifice would you suggest us to make for prophet "M" or "X"? Do you think that I should care if a mad person depicting my mom with an animal? or depicting mohamed with an animal?? All I could say that the person has gone out of his senses, and continue my day to day business. For stupid things like this, we would have to shut down FB, is shows how shallow we are. We cant even face a mad person, without being mad. In my opinion, this world would be a better place if we all would have learned to live togher and respect different way of lifes!!!!
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how can that be? for which reason – is there any civil war there?