Following recent fuel price adjustments, the government has issued an official gazette hiking the fare of diesel-run buses and minibuses by 17 paisa per kilometer across the country. Under the revised rates, bus fares in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas have been fixed at BDT 2.70 per kilometer, while long-distance and inter-district bus fares have been set at BDT 2.40 per kilometer.
Assistant Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, Md. Jasim Uddin, signed the notification on Tuesday (September 22, 2026).
According to the gazette, minibuses operating in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas—as well as buses and minibuses running on internal routes across Dhaka, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Narsingdi, Gazipur, and Manikganj districts under the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)—will now charge BDT 2.60 per kilometer. However, the minimum fare remains unchanged at BDT 10 for buses and BDT 8 for minibuses in metropolitan cities. The revised tariff applies strictly to diesel-fueled vehicles and will not affect compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered buses. Transport operators have been instructed to display the revised fare charts prominently inside all vehicles.
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