The Bangladesh Bank website is back online after three days offline as a precaution against possible cyberattacks, The Business Standard reported on 25 October 2026. The central bank's spokesperson and Executive Director, Arif Hossain Khan, confirmed that the site went live again at 8 a.m. on 25 October.

Why the site went offline

The central bank took its website offline on 22 October after concerns over potential cyberattacks linked to security vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used programming language for website development. The move was precautionary: the bank acted before a confirmed attack on its own site was reported, rather than waiting for an incident to force its hand.

What happened during the outage

During the three days offline, the bank's IT team monitored the situation and worked to ensure the site's security, according to the report. That kind of deliberate pause is a trade-off. It removes a public service for a period, but it also removes an attack surface while teams check for exposure and apply protections. For a central bank, whose website carries market-sensitive information, caution is understandable.

Wider context

The precaution came during a busy period for PHP security, with the Daily Byte earlier reporting that the bank's site had gone offline over the same concerns, and with multiple PHP-related flaws and incidents reported across the industry in October. The return of the site does not mean the wider PHP issues are resolved; it means the bank judged its own site safe to restore. Organisations running PHP should still check vendor advisories and patch. Source: The Business Standard.