Bangladesh blocks Facebook

Bangladesh has blocked social networking site Facebook for posting caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and "obnoxious" images of the Muslim-majority country's leaders, an official said Sunday.

The move was ordered after the website "hurt religious sentiments of the majority Muslim population of the country" by publishing the Muhammad cartoons, BTRC chairman Hasan Mahmud Delwar said charge.

"Some links to sites containing images of our leaders are impatient, including the father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and current opposition leader," he said.