Shawdesh Desk:

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and bus owners will hold a meeting on Wednesday afternoon to re-fix transport fares as the government cut fuel oil prices by Tk5 per litre early on Tuesday.

The meeting will be held at BRTA headquarters in the capital’s Banani area at 5:00pm, Road Transport and Bridge Ministry Public Relations Officer Sheikh Walid Faiz said.

BRTA Chairman Noor Mohammad Majumdar will chair the meeting.

With the new rate, prices of diesel and kerosene dropped to Tk109 per litre, octane to Tk130 per litre and petrol to Tk125 per litre.

At present, the intra-bus fare in Dhaka and Chattogram is Tk2.5 per km and Tk2.2 per km for long-haul buses.

After diesel price was increased by Tk34, fares were increased by 34 paisa per km.

The government slashed prices of all sorts of fuel oil by Tk5 per litre Monday.