Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar disclosed the development on Facebook on Friday night after an officer of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Cyber Security and Crime Division, in another post in the afternoon, announced the ban.

"The PUBG users who were unhappy with the blockade will be delighted to know that it is no longer blocked," the minister wrote.

"The game has been unblocked because the government doesn't want to interfere in anyone's personal freedom," he told bdnews24.com later.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission or BTRC had blocked access to the online game in the country after police made the request to block it last week.

"We did it following complaints made by parents and...