Mobile internet services
Mobile internet services suspended in New Market area
Telecom operators have suspended internet services in New Market area after a series of clashes between Dhaka College students and traders there Tuesday afternoon.
The mobile internet services in the area were suspended around 3:15 pm after getting directives from the government, said sources in telecom operators.
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The mobile internet services will remain snapped until further notice.
Over 30 people including journalists and students were injured on Tuesday as students of Dhaka College locked into a series of renewed clashes with traders of New Market at Nilkhet intersection in the city.
The whole area turned into a battleground after a fresh clash erupted between them around 10 am as a sequel to a clash Monday midnight.
3G, 4G mobile internet services ‘suspended’ in Bangladesh
Cellphone users are largely unable to use the internet through mobile data as mobile internet speeds in the country have been awfully slow since Friday morning.
Contacted, mobile operators told the UNB correspondent that the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has directed them through a notice to keep the 3G and 4G mobile data services suspended across the country from Friday 5am until further direction.
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As UNB sought his comments, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar said the 3G and 4G mobile internet services have been suspended due to some technical glitches. “The services will go back to normal as soon as the issues are fixed,” he added.
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