Consumers Association of Bangladesh or CAB has called for bus fares to be slashed with fuel prices being reduced to make up the potential shortfall. To address the financial losses facing transport companies, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority or BRTA proposed an 80 percent increase in bus fares. The mooted 80 percent increase in the bus fare to recover the financial losses of the bus owners is unacceptable,” CAB said in a statement. He also cast doubt on whether Dhaka's public transport services can operate while adhering to health and social distancing directives. The government should instead follow the lead of other countries and cut transport fares amid the pandemic, former CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan told bdnews24.com.

Source: bd News24 May 31, 2020 06:11 UTC