DHAKA, Feb. 19 (XINHUA) -- The Bangladeshi government has blocked nearly 2,000 pornography and gambling websites in fulfilment of a directive issued by the country's High Court recently.

"Only on Monday, 55 more pornographic websites were blocked," said an official of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission who did not like to be named.

A day earlier, he said, 176 gambling sites were blocked.

According to the official, the commission banned 1,523 pornographic and gambling websites earlier.

Following the High Court directive issued in November, the government launched the crackdown on Internet pornography, casino type games and other gambling.