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Telecom, ICT sector suffered Tk 18,000 crore loss: Palak

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Published: 17:49, 1 August 2024

Telecom, ICT sector suffered Tk 18,000 crore loss: Palak

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State Minister for Posts, Zunaid Ahmed Palak said on Thursday (1 August), stated that  Posts and Telecommunication Division, Information and Communication Technology Division and private sector suffered a loss of Tk 18,000 crore during violence over quota reform protests. 

The government has taken an initiative to provide intensive support to the affected entrepreneurs in the private sector, he said while talking to reporters at the ministry.

In the wake of violence amid students’ demonstrations for quota reform, the government halted mobile internet and broadband internet services on July 18, disconnecting Bangladesh with the rest of the world online and disrupting various services.

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