Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The government has moved to take stern action against several internet service providers (ISPs) after receiving credible evidence that some of them organised distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from abroad to sabotage rival networks and disrupt competition in Bangladesh's internet market.

Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the Chief Adviser on posts, telecommunications and ICT, said in a Facebook post on Friday that both the government and the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) now possessed proof that certain ISPs deliberately targeted competitors' systems through foreign-based DDoS attacks.

The names of the companies and individuals involved have already been identified.

Those fou...