Fishmongers looking on as they prepare fish for sale at a wholesale fish market near the Buriganga River in Dhaka on Tuesday (Dec 31). Bangladesh has cut services to millions of mobile phones along its border with India for "security" reasons amid fears a new citizenship law passed by its giant neighbour could prompt an influx of Muslim migrants. - AFP
DHAKA: Bangladesh has cut services to millions of mobile phones along its border with India for "security" reasons amid fears a new citizenship law passed by its giant neighbour could prompt an influx of Muslim migrants.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission ordered the mobile shutdown late Monday along a one-kilometre (0.6-mile) band along the Indian frontier, the watchdog's spokesman Sohel Rana said.
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