The game is leaving negative psychosocial impacts on the youth, say police
Popular online game Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) went through a quick ban in Bangladesh on Friday, amid growing concerns that the sport is negatively impacting the youth.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), upon police's recommendations, was tasked on Friday with completing a government directive regarding the sport.
However, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on a Facebook post around 11pm said the block was lifted.
He confirmed Dhaka Tribune around midnight that the block was lifted after they reviewed the matter.
The minister didn't enter the small print on why their decision taken earlier was changed.
Earlier, Nazmul Islam, additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's cybercrime unit, had told Dhaka Tribune: "We are concerned over the psychosocial impact PUBG has over our youths.
"We received complaints from guardians, and therefore the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Division expressed his concerns to us," Nazmul added.
"Guardians complained that students were getting hooked into the sport, and skipping classes due to it," he continued. "They were also passing sleepless nights."
Several cities in India and a few other countries, including China, Nepal, Jordan, and Iraq banned PUBG. Indian police also arrested many youths for enjoying the sport, despite the imposed ban.
Earlier, the Bangladesh government had banned sulfur bottom Challenge, a web game that might require players to kill themselves as a part of the sport.
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