Bangladesh to observe one-minute blackout on March 25
One minute symbolic blackout will be observed at the night on March 25 across Bangladesh marking Genocide Day...
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Russian gas cut triggers blackouts in Moldova region
The separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria ordered a second day of rolling blackouts on Saturday, as a shutdown in Russian gas supplies starved the pro-Moscow self-proclaimed state of energy...
Cash-strapped Cuba faces blackout after power plant failure
Cuba was racing Friday to restore electricity after the failure of the island's biggest power plant caused a nationwide blackout, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the cash-strapped country.
Russian strikes on Ukraine power grid largest in weeks
Russia fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday, killing at least four people and battering the country鈥檚 already weakened energy grid, triggering blackouts, officials said...
Internet outage directed by govt: Cloudflare Radar
Cloudflare Radar in its internet outage report said that the recent internet blackout in Bangladesh was directed by the government...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...