According to the report, most of these blocked websites were foreign, with some local social media ones. According to multiple reports, in the last 2 weeks, the BTRC has blocked 1,523 porn sites, and 244 porn sites at the start of this month. A survey conducted by the Manusher Jonno Foundation organisation stated that 77% of school-going children in Dhaka visited porn sites regularly. Bangladesh had 156.989 million mobile phone subscribers and 91.348 million internet subscribers as of December 2018. Of the 91.338 million internet subscribers, 85.552 million were on mobile internet, and only 5.735 million on ISP and PTSN.

Source: bd News24 February 20, 2019 12:00 UTC