Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh Bank has taken its website offline as a precaution against potential global cyberattacks.

The move comes amid a five-day public holiday, central bank spokesperson and Executive Director Arief Hossain Khan told bdnews24.com on Thursday.

"The website has been taken offline as a security precaution following the emergence of global cyberattack risks," he said.

The European Union's cybersecurity agency has advised temporarily shutting down vulnerable websites after identifying two severe security flaws in PHP, a widely used programming language.

The agency said to take this action if security updates cannot be applied quickly.

On Wednesday, the PHP development team announced emergency security updates and pat...