Dhaka: People across the country have been experiencing slow internet since Monday morning as mobile operators were instructed by the government to slow down internet speed from 8:00am to 10:30 am on 12 to 24 February.

The instruction was given in a bid to prevent question paper leakage during the ongoing School Certificate (SSC) examinations, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) source.

The internet was slowed down for 30 minutes from 10:00pm on Sunday as trial run following the directive of BTRC.

Although the government took some measures to stop question paper leakage the SSC question papers are being leaked out from the very first day of the examination. The question papers are being found on social media sites before starting of the examinations.