Court Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-16,
The High Court on Monday asked the authorities
concerned to take steps to remove harmful games including PUBG and Free Fire from
online platforms in Bangladesh
Justice Mojibur Rahman Mia and Justice Kamrul
Hossain Mollah passed the order after hearing of a writ.
The court also issued a rule seeking explanation as
to why all types of online games and apps like Tiktok, Bigo Live, PUBG, Free
Fire Games and Likee should not be banned.
Earlier on 24 June, Law and Life Foundation, a human
rights organization, filed the writ petition with the High Court seeking
directives to ban Likee, TikTok, Bigo Live apps, and PUBG and Free Fire games
in Bangladesh.
Secretary to the Post and Telecommunication
Division, Chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission,
Education, Home, Law and Health secretaries, and the Inspector General of
Police, Bangladesh Bank, bKash, Nagad and 18 other individuals and
organizations were asked to respond to the rule within 10 days.
Lawyer Humayun Kabir Pallab appeared for the writ
petitioner.
According to the writ petition, children and youth
are being addicted to these games which are destroying social values and
culture. They are being engaged in various
immoral activities and crimes using apps like TikTok.
Recently, Nepal banned PUBG. The game was banned in
India's Gujarat. Some were arrested for playing this game. PUBG was temporarily
stopped in Bangladesh too and later the ban was withdrawn.
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