Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday stopped his motorcade on the elevated expressway at Karwan Bazar end in the city to make way for an ambulance.
“The Prime Minister was on his way to his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat from his Gulshan resi-dence yesterday morning. A little before 9:00 am, the Prime Minister’s motorcade was moving from the Banani Expressway toward the FDC intersection at Karwan Bazar,” PM’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman said.
“Suddenly, the Prime Minister noticed an ambulance’s siren and trying to pass his motorcade. Under-standing the situation, the Prime Minister instructed the security officials in the convoy to give side to the ambulance. Upon receiving the instruction, the officials made way for the ambulance,” he added.
Describing the incident as a rare example, Ruman said, “By making way for an ambulance carrying a critically ill patient, the Prime Minister set another example (of generosity)”.
Suman Ahmed, a passenger in a private car near Karwan Bazar, said that he was behind the Prime Min-ister’s motorcade at that time.
He saw that suddenly all the vehicles stopped. Officials assigned to VVIP security were allowing the ambulance to move ahead from the side of the convoy. Seeing such a scene, Suman said his heart filled with joy.
He said in this country, no head of government or head of state was seen doing this before.
Such sense of responsibility and compassion by Tarique Rahman is giving a didactic message for every-one, Suman added.
