1.7cr SIM holders leave Dhaka in 7 days

Around 1.7 crore mobile SIM users left the capital during the first seven days of the nine-day Eid holiday period.

According to a government statistic, 44 lakh users returned to the capital after the Eid vacation.

Faiz Taiyeb Ahmad, special assistant to the Chief Adviser and also the in charge of the ministry of Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, revealed the information through his Facebook post on Saturday (April 5).

Quoting the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), he wrote, a total of 44 lakh 40 thousand 279 people entered Dhaka, while 1 crore 7 lakh 29 thousand 155 people departed the city during this period.