4G mobile internet service has been after 10 days of shutdown. However, TikTok and Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, will remain restricted. Earlier in the day, State Minister of Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced that mobile internet will be restored at 3pm today. The minister came up with the announcement while briefing the media following a meeting with Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh. Palak said all subscribers will get 5 GB internet for 3 days for free. Regarding access to social medial platforms, the state minister said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has sent letters to authorities of social media platforms including Facebook, Tiktok and YouTube. Palak said that Facebook is promoting the content that is supposed to be automatically blocked according to their policy. “No action has been taken against those contents and we wanted to know why they didn't take action.” Read: Decision on mobile internet restoration after meeting with AMTOB: Palak “Their representatives were summoned to explain it in Dhaka  by July 31. Then decision will be taken after discussing with them,” he added. Following a complete internet blackout for five days, the government restored only broadband internet connections from Tuesday night (July 23) on a priority basis. In the wake of violence amid students’ demonstrations for quota reform, the government halted mobile internet services in the morning on July 18 and at 9pm on the same day broadband internet services were suspended, disconnecting Bangladesh with the rest of the world online and disrupting various services. On Saturday, Palak claimed that internet was not intentionally shut down but was disrupted due to the burning of three data centers and hundreds of kilometers of cables. These incidents caused a loss of Tk500 crore in the telecom sector alone and a total loss of hundreds of crores of taka, he added. He also said that there were attacks at 17 locations in Dhaka Division. “In Mohakhali, three data centers housed 18 IIG systems, which host 70% of the ISP servers, causing the internet disruption. We did not intentionally shut down the internet.” He said these while addressing an event held at Agargaon in the capital marking Sajeeb Wazed Joy's 54th birthday. Mobile internet temporarily shut down, says Palak; cites unstable situation as reason  

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. Also read:Those responsible for New Market violence to face action: Home Minister 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.

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. Also read: Govt shuts off mobile internet 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. Also read: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage