Dr Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, said on Monday that a letter has been sent to the Department of Posts and Telecommunications to restrict the links of 191 online news portals for spreading anti-state propaganda.
The minister said this at the parliament in response to a tabled question of Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque.
As many as 346 online newspapers have been registered so fat from his ministry, including 162 online news portals, 169 online portals of daily newspapers and 15 online portals of TV channels, Hasan Mahmud added.
Referring to the government's plan to stop the spread of anti-state propaganda, the letter has been sent to cancel the domain allocation of 191 online news portals and stop the web links based on intelligence agencies' information and the activities that cause public confusion.
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