Bangladesh reiterates telecom ban in Rohingya camps

DHAKA, Bangladesh

Bangladesh's telecommunications authority has asked all mobile phone operators to stop services in Rohingya camps and selling of SIM cards to them citing national security, an official said Monday.

Samiul Khan, a senior assistant director of Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission, confirmed issuing of this directive.

The move came after a news report saying SIM cards were being sold at refugee camps in Cox's Bazar defying a government ban imposed last October.