Bangladesh lifted a ban on Facebook on Thursday. — Reuters
DHAKA: Bangladesh lifted a ban on Facebook on Dec 10, three weeks after blocking it in anticipation of protests after the Supreme Court upheld death penalties on two opposition leaders, a government official said.
Four days after the Nov 18 ban on Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged simultaneously for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence.
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