No plan to shut down FB during exams: Nahid

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday the government has no capacity to shut down Facebook for a certain period during the upcoming SCC examinations to be held across the country from February 1 next, reports UNB.

"We can't say that we'll shut down Facebook. Because we don't have such capacity as well," he told Parliament replying to a supplementary question during the question-answer session.

"We rather said we would discuss with BTRC if it can cooperate with us and keep it (Facebook) suspended for a short period (to prevent question leak and spreading rumour)," the minister said.

The education ministry discussed it with the Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and the Commission informed the ministry which spread in different ways, he said.