Online businesses paralysed, operators and workers

Ban on ‘unregistered’ platforms leaves small businesses, delivery services, and fundraisers stranded.

For four years, Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary of Janakpur, an IT graduate, has been running an online business alongside his studies. He operates MM Digital Garage, which provides online services to 40 companies and employs six young people. But after the government shut down unregistered social media platforms, his work has reached a standstill.