The second submarine cable of Bangladesh, SEA-ME-WE 5, has encountered a breakdown, causing disruptions in internet services across the country. The cable, which is the largest supplier of international bandwidth to Bangladesh, broke down last night, and the disconnection was identified at midnight. The repair work is expected to take at least 2 to 3 days.The SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable system connects 17 countries through Points-of-Presence from Singapore to the Middle East to France and Italy in Western Europe. The cable that laid in the eastern side that connected Singapore got broken, while the connectivity in the western side that connected France remained operational. For that, only 100 GBPS bandwidth will be supplied to Bangladesh out of 1700Gbps bandwidth comes through the system.International bandwidth usage in Bangladesh now stands at around 5,200GBPS, with more than half of it coming through international terrestrial cable (ITC) license holders that import bandwidth from India across land borders. The South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable installed in Kuakata supplies 1,700GBPS.The BSCPLC is now exploring ways to restore the circuits of SEA-ME-WE 5 with SEA-ME-WE 4, the country’s first submarine cable installed in Cox’s Bazar. Nearly 800 Gbps bandwidth is provided by the first undersea cable with which Bangladesh was connected in 2006. It currently supplies about 850 Gbps bandwidth and its capacity has recently been upgraded to 3,800 Gbps. The BSCPLC is set to receive …This is not the first time that Bangladesh has faced internet disruptions due to submarine cable breakdowns. In the past, there have been several instances of internet disruptions due to faults in submarine cables, including SEA-ME-WE 4, which has been repaired after several days of outage. The SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable system, which was completed in December 2005, has also experienced several outages in the past, affecting internet services in various regions