Ban on YouTube goes

Dhaka, June 5: Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has lifted ban on popular video sharing website YouTube Wednesday.

“People will be able to access YouTube later in the day,” Sunil Kanti Bose, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, said.

The decision was taken following discussion with the government, he said.

“We are sending instructions to the Internet gateways in this regard,” Bose added.

The telecom regulator blocked YouTube in Bangladesh on September 18, 2012 to prevent people from watching the 14-minute trailer on a film titled ‘Innocence of Muslims’ which sparked deadly protests from the Middle East to Southeast Asia claiming many lives.

The trailer depicts the prophet as a fraud and philanderer.