He said that the government has taken this decision after the report of an intelligence agency. He was replying to a question by Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haq Chunnu.
According to the minister, after completing the registration from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, currently 162 online news portals, online editions of 169 newspapers and online portals of 15 news broadcasters are operating in the country.
A total of 1,141 monthly, weekly and daily newspapers are being published from Dhaka.