No legislation explicitly permits the internet blackout enforced by the Sheikh Hasina government to quash protests centring the quota reform movement.

The Daily Star presents the whole situation on a chronological order

Return of regular export-import activities at Ctg port is vital

Govt must address the plight of low-income workers, entrepreneurs

What is said by the power and what is believed by the people may not be the same.

They are struggling to provide necessary care to patients

Truth be told, the heat of the internet shutdown is being felt everywhere, and why not? After all, the deafening — and quite frankly, maddening — absence of seamless connectivity is testimony to all it has done for this country in the past few decades

Internet shutdown is one of the major aspects of control that the Awami League government has exercised to curb the protests.

Legal action for violence is vital, and so is addressing popular anger

Never before has there been such a lengthy internet outage encompassing the whole country.