Mobile Internet Services Suspended in New Market Area

Telecom operators have halted internet services in the New Market area after a series of clashes between Dhaka College students and traders there Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB. 

The mobile internet services were suspended around 3:15 pm after getting directives from the government, said sources in telecom operators.

The services will remain snapped until further notice.

More than 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 10:00 am as a sequel to a clash on Monday midnight.