Briefing 2024-07-28

Internet blackout: IT cos fear foreign clients may turn their back on them Internet blackout came as a severe blow to the IT companies that fear long-term setbacks on business if foreign clients consider them unreliable and move to other countries, say Vietnam, for uninterrupted services. To avoid clients get irked by any disruption, some big companies have even sent a small team of their workforce to any neighbouring country, for example Nepal and Singapore, to ensure continuation of their services. Page 9 Paris Olympics: Robiul competes in 10m air rifles qualifiers today Bangladeshi shooter Mohammad Robiul Islam will compete in the qualifying round of the men's 10-meter air rifles of the Paris Olympics' 2024 Shooting at the Chateauroux Shooting Complex on Sunday. He will be the 2nd Bangladeshi athlete to appear in the ongoing Paris Olympics after teenager archer M Sagor Islam. Bangladesh started their campaign with archer Sagor competing in the ranking round of the men's recurve singles on Thursday. Page 13