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Over 1 crore SIM card holders left Dhaka during the Eid-ul-Fitr to enjoy the largest festival of the Muslim community with their near and dear ones.

‘In the past seven days from March 28 to April 3, 1, 07, 29,155 SIM card holders left Dhaka while 44,40,279 SIM card holders returned to Dhaka during the same period,’ according to official statistics.


Special assistant to chief adviser on posts and telecommunications division, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, shared the statistics in a post on his Facebook.  

Quoting the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, he wrote, ‘Over 1 crore SIM users left Dhaka during the seven days of Eid holidays. On the other hand, 44 lakh mobile SIM users entered Dhaka.’