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Metro rail services in the capital were suspended, [214] and at around 9 p.m., the government shut down internet access across the entire country. [215] A second-year student from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology drowned while attempting to cross a canal with friends ...
Student-led protests against quotas for highly sought-after government jobs led to violent clashes that killed at least 147 people in Bangladesh this month. Bangladesh's internet shutdown isolates ...
The number of Internet subscriptions in Bangladesh grew from 186,000 in 2000 to 617,300 in 2009. [4] However, only 0.4% of the population used the Internet in 2009 giving Bangladesh one of the lowest usage percentages in the world, ahead of only North Korea, Myanmar, and Sierra Leone. [5]
A government internet blackout is the deliberate shut down of civilian internet access by a government for a small area or many large areas of its country. Such a shut down is typically used as a means of information control in a brief period of upheaval or transition.
The internet has been shut down and mobile services severely disrupted in Bangladesh amid student protests that began earlier this week. The disruptions do not appear to be connected to the global ...
Bangladesh remained without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday, as authorities maintained tight control despite apparent calm following a court order that ...
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters Friday and banned all gatherings in the capital as internet and mobile services were ...