Mobile internet services and broadband internet services have been disrupted in some areas of Rajshahi city since Saturday morning amid the ongoing divisional rally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Local people said that internet service in Pathanpara, Sipaipara, Laxmipur, Fire Service intersection, Bornali and Nagarbhaban areas of the city has been disrupted since about 9:30am on Saturday.
Sajal, a local internet service provider worker, said that internet services were suspended from the main server.
BNP central leader Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu said, ‘The government is hindering our activities and suspension of internet services is one of them.’
BNP’s divisional rally in Rajshahi began on Saturday morning, with the presence of thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies.
The rally began at about 9:30am at the city’s Haji Mohammad Mohsin School Ground.
