Mobile Internet 3G and 4G services have been resumed on Friday morning 10 hours after the closure of its services on Thursday night. After getting the directives of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the 3G and 4G services were reopened at 8:30am, said the officials of the mobile phone operators. Earlier, the officials of the mobile phone operators were instructed on Thursday night to temporarily shut down the services, said an official of the BTRC, preferring to be unnamed. The shutdown of mobile internet 3G and 4G services has become a much-talked issue to prevent rumours and propaganda ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections slated for December 30. Meanwhile, many subscribers said that mobile internet services were discontinued after 10pm on Thursday. However, there was no discrepancy in the use of internet for wire-based broadband subscribers. MHK

A writ was filed with the High Court challenging the legitimacy of the Election Commission's decision that Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are not barred from participating in the December 30 general election. Barrister Tania Amir submitted the writ plea on Wednesday morning. A HC bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Md Khairul Alam will hear the writ petition on Thursday, said the petitioner. MHK

The Chamber Judge Court has delivered ‘No order’ over the matter of appeal filed by eight upazila chairmen whose candidacies were cancelled in the eleventh national parliament election. The chamber judge court of the Appellate Division Justice Nuruzzaman delivered the order on Monday. Following the order the previous verdict of High Court will be reinstated. For this reason total 8 candidates including 7 of BNP and one independent cannot return to the election. The High Court issued rule suspending their candidacies as all of these candidates were running in the general election while remaining in their post of upazila chairman. In this situation the candidates filed appeal individually to the Appellate Division seeking stay order on the High Court order. The candidates are- Faridul Kabir Talukder of Jamalpur-4, Md. Fazlur Rahman of Joypurhat-1, Abdul  Mazid of Jhinaidaha-2, Abu Sayeed Chand of Rajshahi-6, Engineer Moslem Uddin of Brahmanbaria-4, Khondoker Abu Ashfaque of Dhaka-1 and Tamij Uddin of Dhaka-20. The chamber court also reinstated the nomination paper cancellation order of Mymensingh-8 constituency’s independent candidate Mahmud Hasan Suman. The lawyers of the candidates said, to take part in the parliament election these candidates resigned from their posts and submitted nomination papers. But the concerned Returning Officers cancelled the nomination papers as their resignation letters were not accepted. They appealed to the Election commission but were denied. Later they appealed in the High Court. AH  

Fake facebook pages of Bangladesh’s popular satellite television channel ‘Rtv’ and popular news portal ‘Rtv online’ have been found. Using the logo of Rtv and Rtv online these pages are spreading different types of fabricated information and news. In this regard the organization filed a General Diary (GD) with Tejgaon police station on Monday afternoon. GD number-1171. Date- 24/12/2018. It is mentioned in the GD, after opening fake facebook pages some miscreants are presenting fake information and news on different matters including parliament elections. This news is not published by Rtv. So there is fear of huge loss to the state. It is also mentioned in the GD, there are 14 facebook pages of Rtv and Rtv online including 7 verified pages. The seven verified pages are: Rtv https://www.facebook.com/rtvonline Rtv International https://www.facebook.com/RtvInternational Rtv Sports https://www.facebook.com/rtvsports Rtv Business https://www.facebook.com/RtvBusiness Rtv Politics https://www.facebook.com/RtvPolitics Rtv Entertainment https://www.facebook.com/rtventertainments Rtv Music https://www.facebook.com/RtvMusic.tv Besides,  there are 7 non-verified pages of Rtv. These are: Rtv Drama https://www.facebook.com/rtvdrama.bd/ Rtv Movies https://www.facebook.com/rtvmovies/ Rtv Lifestyle https://www.facebook.com/RtvLifestyles/ Rtv News https://www.facebook.com/rtvnews247/ Rtv Jobs https://www.facebook.com/rtvjobs/ Rtv Plus https://www.facebook.com/RtvPlus.tv Rtv Tech News https://www.facebook.com/Rtv-Tech-News-167118387553504/ The General Diary also said, Rtv authority will not be responsible if attempt is made to present false news or provocative information and for attempt to destroy interest of the country. In this regard Rtv’s Chief Executive Officer Syed Ashik Rahman requested people not to be confused after watching any news or information from fake facebook pages using the logo of Rtv and Rtv online. He also mentioned that Bengal Media Corporation will not be responsible for this purpose. AH  

The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtadayee examinations were published on Monday. The pass rate in PEC exam is 97.59 percent while the rate is 97.69 percent in Ebtadayee exam. A total of 3,68,193 PEC students got GPA 5 while the number of GPA 5 achievers in Ebtadayee exam is 12,224. Earlier in the morning, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and Primary and Mass Education Minister Advocate Mustafizur Rahman handed over the results to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the PM’s official Ganabhaban residence here. The PEC and Ebtedayee examinations were held from November 18 to November 26. MHK