Facebook has returned to Bangladesh after barring access to pages portraying the Prophet Mohammed and saying sorry to nation's telecoms authorities.

The social networking website also eliminated what Bangladeshi authorities defined as "obnoxious" photos of the nation's Government and opposition leaders.

The website was shunted out of the 150 million-strong mostly Muslim Bangladesh after a tempest over the "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" group.

Illustrations of the Prophet are deemed sacrilegious by Muslims.

Bangladesh quickly pursued regional neighbor Pakistan's reaction to the page, and created digital blockades against the networking giant.

After the best part of a week, access was reinstated on Saturday once Facebook eradicated the felonious page and expressed regret.

It also asked amnesty for what the Bangladeshi authorities explained as the "obnoxious" pictures of the nation's political leaders.

Whilst Facebook can make the case that it was answering to pervasive feeling on the subject of the Mohammed images, it will be worthwhile to watch how it subsides the topic of anti-government drawings.

India's Daily News and Analysis website accounted that a Bangladeshi adolescent was swiftly seized for the "obnoxious" pictures, and kept in custody for a court-ordered "interrogation".

According to one report, Facebook CSO, Joe Sullivan told the authorities, “I look forward to learning more about your local standards and working together to promote safe use of Facebook in Bangladesh".