Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- Bangladesh Bank and dozens of commercial banks have restored their websites after temporarily taking them offline over fears of cyberattacks exploiting two critical vulnerabilities in the widely used PHP programming language.

The precautionary shutdowns disrupted public access to banking websites but did not affect internet banking or mobile banking transactions, according to the central bank.

Bangladesh Bank's website went offline last Thursday and was restored at 8:00am on Sunday following security checks.

Commercial banks also brought their websites back online after taking precautionary measures.

The websites of dozens of banks were restored on Sunday, including those of Agrani Bank, Janata Bank, IFIC Bank,...