News Watch- (12-12-2018)

BTRC blocks 54 portals again

Hours after unblocking 58 news portals, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday night blocked 54 of them again. Emdadul Haque, secretary general of Internet Service Providers' Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB), said that BTRC asked them to block 54 websites again. He, however, said four of the websites that were unblocked earlier would remain open. — UNB

Shaktikanta Das new RBI chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 11: The Indian government named Tuesday an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as new central bank head. Shaktikanta Das, named in a government statement as new Reserve Bank of India governor, is a former senior finance ministry official and a key figure in Modi's controversial "demonetisation" scheme of 2016. — AFP