Planning minister’s phone snatched from SUV at Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani
MA Mannan. Star file photo
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Mobile phone of Planning Minister MA Mannan was snatched while he was talking on the phone in his SUV at Dhaka s Bijoy Sarani area on Sunday evening.
Selimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station, confirmed the incident to The Daily Star.
The incident happened around 7:00pm on Sunday when the minister left his office and was waiting in traffic at Bijoy Sarani. As the window of the SUV was lowered, an unidentified person grabbed his phone and ran away, the OC said.
Minister’s cellphone snatched from SUV
Planning Minister MA Mannan. Star file photo
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Planning Minister MA Mannan s mobile phone was snatched while he was talking over the phone inside his SUV at the capital s Bijoy Sarani area on Sunday.
The incident happened around 7:00pm when the vehicle got stuck in traffic. The minister had just left his office, Selimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station, told The Daily Star yesterday.
As the window of the SUV was lowered, an unidentified person grabbed the iPhone and ran away, he said. A case was filed following the incident. We are trying to recover the phone and arrest the culprit, he added.
Bracing for traffic jam
City dwellers say roads are already crowded as lockdown remains only on paper; bus service resumes Thursday
Although all kinds of bus services have been suspended across the country as part of the ongoing lockdown. PHOTO: AMRAN HOSSAIN
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Despite no buses plying the roads, the capital is still witnessing heavy traffic amid the lockdown . If that is the scenario right now, when buses start running from Thursday, Dhaka may once again turn into a city of traffic jams, city dwellers fear.
Restrictions were imposed on movement of people and public transportation on April 5, to contain the second wave of Covid-19. The restrictions had then been extended until May 5 in phases. Yesterday, they were was once again extended till May 16, but with a directive to resume intra-district bus services from May 6