Contractual appointment of BTRC chairman has been canceled On August 19; the Ministry of Public Administration sent this letter to cancel the contract on the order of the President. And through this, the position became vacant.
However, the former contracted BTRC Chairman Engineer Mohiuddin Ahmed refrained from coming to the office since the student uprising. He submitted his resignation letter to the Secretary of Posts and Telecommunication Department on 14th August last afternoon citing physical illness.
By the way, from December 14 last year. Mohiuddin Ahmed was serving as the chairman of BTRC. Before this, he served as the Vice Chairman of the organization.
During the quota reform movement, mobile internet and broadband internet were stopped in the country from July 17 night and July 18 night. Five days later on July 23, broadband internet connectivity returned to a limited range. And after 10 days on July 28 mobile internet was relaunched. But Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok were closed. Social media including Facebook was launched in Bangladesh from 2 pm on July 31. Again, on August 2, Meta platforms were shut down on mobile networks.
He has also been accused along with former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak in this incident.
