{"id":777033452,"date":"2025-10-22T06:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777033452"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:58:00","slug":"bangladeshs-ict-minister-warns-of-strict-action-against-online-gambling-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bangladeshs-ict-minister-warns-of-strict-action-against-online-gambling-ads","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh’s ICT minister reiterates warning of action against online gambling ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government has said that it will block websites with betting ads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh.- Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb<\/strong>, Bangladesh’s telecommunications and ICT minister, has warned again that websites with betting content or related advertisements will be blocked by the government without prior notice. Taiyeb made the remarks in a meeting held at the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission\u2019s (BTRC) Headquarters <\/strong>in Dhaka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the government is using web crawling technologies to detect relationships between mobile financial services accounts and online gambling. He reported that the initiative has already led to the removal of over 1,330 links, with lists of non-compliant accounts being prepared for weekly review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government first announced a strict zero-tolerance policy<\/a> on online gambling last week under the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025<\/strong>. However, many websites continue to display unregulated betting ads. Taiyeb is now calling for collaboration from broadband service providers and mobile operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cAlmost all media outlets are still actively participating in unsafe content and gambling advertisements, because they earn money from them. Multiple notices have already been issued. There will be no further public notice \u2014 we will simply close them. These sites must be shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Bangladesh introduces new penalties for online gambling and cybercrimes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government has said that it will block websites with betting ads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777033335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Bangladesh's government, led by Telecommunications and ICT Minister Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb, is implementing a strict zero-tolerance policy against online gambling and related advertisements, threatening to block non-compliant websites without prior notice. Utilizing web crawling technologies, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has already removed over 1,330 links and is preparing lists of non-compliant mobile financial service accounts, urging collaboration from broadband and mobile operators under the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025.","focusai_entities":"Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Government of Bangladesh","focusai_location":"Bangladesh, Dhaka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Mechanisms","query":"What specific technical and legal enforcement mechanisms will the BTRC employ to ensure compliance from broadband and mobile operators, and what are the penalties for non-cooperation?"},{"label":"Economic Impact","query":"What is the estimated economic impact of this zero-tolerance policy on the digital advertising sector and mobile financial services providers within Bangladesh?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[23911,225,4138],"class_list":["post-777033452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-legislation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777033452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777033458,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033452\/revisions\/777033458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777033335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777033452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777033452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777033452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}