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Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Wednesday lifted a ban on popular video sharing website YouTube, eight months after it was imposed to prevent the viewing of an anti-Islam film which had sparked worldwide protests.

"The ban has been lifted," a spokesman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Sunil Kanti Bose said.

Talking to state-run BSS news agency Bose said the people in Bangladesh now could have access again to the YouTube as all the International Internet Gateway (IIG) were directed to provide the popular service to the customer.

The telecom regulator blocked YouTube in Bangladesh on September 17, 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....more    

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