Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Mobile phone traders in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar blocked the SAARC Fountain intersection on Wednesday evening, demanding the resignation of Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the special assistant to the Chief Adviser in charge of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. The protest, which escalated with burning tyres and street barricades, brought traffic to a complete standstill across the busy commercial zone.
The demonstration began around 5:40pm, when traders took to the streets calling for reforms to the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), the abolition of what they described as monopolistic syndicates in the handset market, and permission for fully open mobile phone imports.
As the gathering swel...