Mobile internet suffers disruptions

Users of Facebook and Telegram in Bangladesh have suffered significant internet disruptions with their mobile data connections while a majority of them were unable to access the services of these platforms since the afternoon on Friday.
For a majority, the issues started at 12 pm and it affected other users shortly.
Users of Messenger and YouTube have also experienced mobile internet disruptions. Inaccessibility of Facebook, Messenger, YouTube, and Telegram through mobile data has been the result of an unofficial regulatory directive, according to sources from the telecom operators.
Authorities directed to allow limited access to certain applications via mobile internet due to the ongoing unrest, said a representative of a mobile network operator.
The representative said they have maintained regular communication with the authorities about the matter since the unofficial instruction. This comes after thousands of demonstrators under the 'Anti-Discrimination Student Movement' took to the streets in different parts of the capital on Friday to press home their 9-point demand.
Movement's coordinator Abdul Hannan demanded support from the people of Bangladesh for their movement in an earlier notice when he announced that the movement can continue after the Friday prayers in the mosques and after similarly scheduled observances in the temples and the churches. Previously, the country experienced a nationwide internet blackout from July 18 to July 25, with the mobile network being restored on July 28. The access to Facebook's services has been fully restored on Thursday.
However, users in parts of Dhaka and other major cities have alleged that they were suffering a slow speed of the internet since Friday morning.
Mobile operators said they were verbally directed to completely shut internet in some areas of Dhaka and other major cities, including Chattagram, Khulna, and Sylhet, in all of which protests had been staged earlier.

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