Facebook Messenger appears to be down for many users across Bangladesh as well the world. A number of Facebook users from Bangladesh ranted on social media over the issue, saying they received the message “Chat is currently unavailable" when opening chat boxes. “Facebook Messages won’t send nor can I receive messages. None of my conversations can be seen and no previous messages are loading, just a blank screen,” a Bangladeshi wrote on her Facebook status. “Messenger has stopped working on all of my devices,” claimed another. However, many also reported that the Messenger app on iOS and Android platforms are functioning properly. According to independent outage report site DownDetector, users started reporting issues with the service just after 5pm on Tuesday. 
According to DownDetector, most issues with the service have been related to receiving messages (36% of recorded errors) whilst 34% of users refer to the connection to the server as being the problem. One DownDetector user states "down in Estonia as well," noting that this issue could be spreading across Europe. Another user says they are having issues with the service in the Philippines. The “Platform is healthy,” reported a Facebook official page that reports on the status of the various Facebook services such as the main app and Messenger. 
Hundreds of hapless users across the world flocked to Twitter to vent their frustration.
Before everyone goes crazy like I did, just found this, please RT so everyone doesn't think it is just them like I did #facebookdown #facebook @facebook #Messenger pic.twitter.com/Fmvj8iSuZJ
— Script Nebz (@ScriptNebz) December 5, 2017
#facebook #Messenger #facebookdown
pretty much anyone who uses facebook messenger right now pic.twitter.com/TQiBgHdrj5 — Brandon Phelps (@Brandonrules01) December 5, 2017
The outage follows a similar problem for Facebook Messenger on November 30, when users reported being unable to send messages. At the time, Facebook wrote in response: “On Thursday November 30 just after midnight Pacific time we became aware that a few people were having issues with their Messenger accounts. We investigated and responded and the problem is resolved. We’re sorry for any inconvenience.”
