In 2016, there was a terrorist attack in Dhaka. Militants stormed a bakery and took several hostages. After negotiations failed, the police stormed the bakery. In the process, at least five terrorists and more than 15 hostages were killed. Police later said that the terrorists had been influnced by Naik's speeches. After this incident, the channel was banned in Bangladesh. In 2019, the british telecom regulatic office Ofcom said that Peace TV broke the rules about hate speech After the 2019 Easter Bombings Peace TV was banned in India and Sri Lanka, for spreading hate speech.