Dhaka, April 19 -- The interim government's directive on satellite-based internet services still allows room for sudden disconnections, but Chief Advisor's Special Assistant Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb has said all such mechanisms and legal loopholes will be scrapped.

Speaking at a roundtable titled "Internet Services: Challenges, Potentials, and the Way Forward" on Saturday, he said: "We will scrap the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulation Act, 2001 and completely revisit it.

"We need to show the world that we have done this," he added.

The event was held at the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) auditorium in Dkaha's Agargaon and organised by the Telecom and Technology Reporters Network Bangladesh (TRNB).

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