Dhaka, June 4 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has been seen receiving special traffic treatment shortly after publicly declaring that traffic laws apply equally to everyone, including the prime minister.

After a press conference on law and order and traffic management in Dhaka on Thursday, policemen were seen removing ropes and barriers at a Minto Road intersection to allow the commissioner's convoy to pass directly towards DMP headquarters.

Under the current traffic arrangement, vehicles travelling from the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road towards the Police Headquarters must take a longer route and make a U-turn beneath the Moghbazar Flyover.

As part of traffic management measures at several intersect...