Sheik Moinuddin, special assistant to the chief adviser, said that the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation was preparing to commence the procurement process for 340 new single decker CNGpowered air-conditioned buses soon.
this project aims to mitigate the transportation crisis within Dhaka city and across the country while promoting ecofriendly transportation.
the initiative involves a project cost of approximately Tk 1,133.46 crore. Funding is derived from two key sources, the government of Bangladesh, contributing Tk 304.83 crore, and a loan from the economic development cooperation fund of South Korea, covering Tk 828.63 crore. BRTC officials anticipated that an international tender would be called within one month, with the entire procurement scheduled for completion by December 2027.