Following increase in the prices of all types of fuel, Bangladesh Road
Transport Authority (BRTA) has raised bus fares by Tk 0.15 per
kilometre on inter-district and long-distance routes.
"The new fares will come into effect from Jan 2," BRTA chairman Ayubur Rahman Khan told the media on Saturday after a meeting with transporters.
Fares would now go up from the existing Tk 1.20 to Tk 1.35 for each kilometre.
He said the maximum fare of buses plying in Dhaka and Chittagong cities would be re-fixed soon.
"There will be mobile courts to prevent collection of additional fares by public transporters plying in the cities," the BRTA chief warned.
The government on Thursday hiked the prices of all types of fuel by Tk 5 per litre each for the fourth time this year. The increased price came into effect from Thursday midnight.
This year, the government has increased the fuel prices by Tk 17 in four phases, and public transport fares also followed the suit, raising fares as many times.
The government in October increased bus fare by Tk 0.05 per kilometre and CNG-run auto-rickshaw fare by Tk 0.14 per km. Fare for inter-district and long distance bus and minibus was increased to Tk 1.20 from Tk 1.15 per kilometre.
On Friday, the costing committee formed to fix the fares held a meeting at the BRTA office which decided to hold a meeting on Saturday on the approval of the revised transport fares.
After Saturday's meeting, the BRTA chairman told reporters that the costing committee recommended increase in bus fares by Tk 0.23. "But it was set at Tk 0.15 on mutual decision in consultation with the communications minister."
"The new bus fares will be effective from Monday and a gazette will be issued on Sunday to this effect," he added.
Ayubur Rahman said that the new fares will, however, not be effective for the double-decker buses.
He said during the adjustment of the fares, they had considered 16 issues, including the cost of spare parts, in keeping with the demand of the transport owners since the latest round of price hike of fuel prices.
Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) M N Iqbal, acting secretary of the Roads and Highways Department M N Sadik and director of Dhaka Co-ordination Board Dr S M Salehuddin, among others, were present at the meeting.
"The new fares will come into effect from Jan 2," BRTA chairman Ayubur Rahman Khan told the media on Saturday after a meeting with transporters.
Fares would now go up from the existing Tk 1.20 to Tk 1.35 for each kilometre.
He said the maximum fare of buses plying in Dhaka and Chittagong cities would be re-fixed soon.
"There will be mobile courts to prevent collection of additional fares by public transporters plying in the cities," the BRTA chief warned.
The government on Thursday hiked the prices of all types of fuel by Tk 5 per litre each for the fourth time this year. The increased price came into effect from Thursday midnight.
This year, the government has increased the fuel prices by Tk 17 in four phases, and public transport fares also followed the suit, raising fares as many times.
The government in October increased bus fare by Tk 0.05 per kilometre and CNG-run auto-rickshaw fare by Tk 0.14 per km. Fare for inter-district and long distance bus and minibus was increased to Tk 1.20 from Tk 1.15 per kilometre.
On Friday, the costing committee formed to fix the fares held a meeting at the BRTA office which decided to hold a meeting on Saturday on the approval of the revised transport fares.
After Saturday's meeting, the BRTA chairman told reporters that the costing committee recommended increase in bus fares by Tk 0.23. "But it was set at Tk 0.15 on mutual decision in consultation with the communications minister."
"The new bus fares will be effective from Monday and a gazette will be issued on Sunday to this effect," he added.
Ayubur Rahman said that the new fares will, however, not be effective for the double-decker buses.
He said during the adjustment of the fares, they had considered 16 issues, including the cost of spare parts, in keeping with the demand of the transport owners since the latest round of price hike of fuel prices.
Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) M N Iqbal, acting secretary of the Roads and Highways Department M N Sadik and director of Dhaka Co-ordination Board Dr S M Salehuddin, among others, were present at the meeting.
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