People running out of cash as financial services kept shut
People have been suffering from a severe cash money shortage amid a countrywide curfew, general holidays and an internet blackout in the country for the past few days...
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Banks, NBFIs asked to waive late payment fines
The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday asked banks and non-bank financial institutions to waive fines on late payment of instalments of loans, savings schemes like deposit pension scheme and credit card bills, considering general holidays and an internet blackout amid the countrywide unrests centring quota reform protests...
People worried as internet blackout goes on
People鈥檚 sufferings exacerbated as the shutdown of internet continued on Sunday amid the countrywide protests and demonstrations against the killing of students amid the movement for quota reform in government jobs...
Internet services not restored fully
The area-based and, on a priority basis partly reinstated broadband internet connections in the Capital Dhaka and Chattogram were extended by a small portion on Wednesday, following a complete internet blackout for five straight days, amid the countrywide violence over student protest against quota in government job...
30 lawyers condemn use of 鈥榚xcessive, force鈥� on quota protesters
Thirty lawyers condemned the 鈥榰se of excessive and disproportionate force鈥� on the student protesters demanding quota reforms in government jobs in a statement issued on Sunday...
Broadband internet could be fully restored by Wednesday night: Palak
The state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, on Wednesday said that broadband internet services could be fully restored in Bangladesh by Wednesday night....
ISPAB aims to restore 70-80pc of broadband internet services in Bangladesh
Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh said that about 79-8 per cent broadband internet services would be restored by Wednesday night....
IT sector faces Tk 400cr losses for internet blackout
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services on Tuesday said that the information technology business institutions, especially export-oriented technology services, were facing enormous losses every day due to the internet blackout...
BB may ask banks not to fine late pay of loans, credit card bills
The Bangladesh Bank is likely to ask banks not to charge any fine for late payment of loans and credit card bills considering general holidays and internet blackout in the country in the past few days...
Internet blackout continues amid countrywide unrest
The country has been under complete internet blackout for over a day since Thursday night amid the countrywide unrest due to the quota reform movement....
The fear of truth
TRUTH is defiant. It finds its way to be in public circulation. Sometimes quietly. That has been the case since July 18, when the government suspended all internet services in Bangladesh apparently to 鈥榗ontain violence surrounding the student protest for quota reform鈥�. Public, however, thinks otherwise. Words on the streets are that the...
People opting for newspapers, tv, radio amid internet shutdown
People in the Dhaka city were seen buying newspapers, watching television or listening to radio for updated information on Friday and Saturday as the country had been under complete internet blackout since Thursday night amid the countrywide unrest over the ongoing quota reform movement...
Dangerously bereft of internet services
THE internet that was an affair, in many cases, of something to boast of for enterprises and individuals in the late 1990s when it was introduced in Bangladesh has no longer been so. It has now become an essential medium of communications that has profusely influenced the way of life. The internet has become an integral part of business...
Emergency services collapse
People across the country have been suffering due to the ongoing internet blackout since July 18 amid the countrywide protests and demonstrations against the killing of students...
Broadband internet connection partially restored in Dhaka
Broadband internet connection was restored in Dhaka city at about 9:00pm on Tuesday, five days after the government had shut down the internet connection across Bangladesh on July 18 amid countrywide quota reform protests....
Number of mobile internet connections rises in May
The number of active mobile internet connections in the country continued to increase for the fourth consecutive month in May, according to the data published by the...
Govt must ensure quality telecom services
THE admission of the state minister for telecommunication and information technology that telecom services have failed to achieve global standards came quite late in the day, as consumers have been complaining for a long time about the poor network, call drop, slow internet speed and the quality of the overall services of the...
Internet banking transactions double in one year
The amount of internet banking transactions in Bangladesh has doubled over the past year, reflecting an increase in adoption of digital financial technologies...
Bangladesh still below 100 in mobile internet speed ranking
Bangladesh has remained below the 100th position in terms of mobile internet speed performance on the global stage despite mobile network operators making improvement in their performances, according to Ookla鈥檚 Speedtest Global Index for April...
Women lag behind in mobile internet use in Bangladesh: report
Against 24 per cent of women mobile internet users in Bangladesh, 40 per cent of adult men in the country use mobile internet, according to a...
Mobile internet connections rise in March
The number of active mobile internet connections in the country continued to increase for the second consecutive month in March by 38 lakh to reach 12.12 crore connections, according to the latest data published by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
Nepal faces widespread internet outages over India payment dispute
Internet providers in Nepal warned Friday the Himalayan republic was facing widespread outages because of payments owed to Indian companies, a day after service disruptions that affected millions of people...
Internet users face trouble as submarine cable breaks down
The South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 submarine cable broke down in Singapore Friday night, affecting internet services in...
Submarine cable breakdown disrupts internet
SEA-ME-WE 5, the country鈥檚 second submarine cable under the Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC, broke on Friday midnight, causing internet disruption countrywide....
Bangladesh slips six notches in mobile internet speed: Ookla
Bangladesh has slipped six notches down and stood at the 112th position out of 148 countries in its ranking in terms of mobile internet speed performance on the global stage, despite the operators making progress in their performance individually...
Mobile internet connections rise to 11.74cr in Feb
The number of active mobile internet connections in the country increased by 0.11 lakh to 11.74 crore in February compared with that of 11.63 crore in January, according to the latest data published by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
