Fines, investigations fail to stop bus owners from hiking fares during Eid | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Friday
May 30, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
Fines, investigations fail to stop bus owners from hiking fares during Eid

Bangladesh

TBS Report
21 April, 2023, 03:45 pm
Last modified: 21 April, 2023, 03:51 pm

Related News

  • Secure homes before leaving for Eid holidays: DMP issues security guidelines
  • Parked bus 'torched' in Ashulia
  • 19-year-old killed after being pushed off moving bus over half fare dispute
  • Speeding bus crashes with 3 vehicles on Mawa highway, 8 injured
  • 7 killed, dozens injured as bus overturns in Faridpur

Fines, investigations fail to stop bus owners from hiking fares during Eid

TBS Report
21 April, 2023, 03:45 pm
Last modified: 21 April, 2023, 03:51 pm
File Photo: BSS
File Photo: BSS

Despite fines and warnings by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, transport companies are charging passengers extra fares.

The mobile court fined the Arambagh counter of Asia Aircon Transportation Tk2,000 on Thursday for charging an additional fare of Tk100 from the passengers. The same team of BRTA fined another transport company, Miami Aircon, the same amount.

Within a few hours of paying the fine, complaints of excess fares were again raised at both the counters. The truth of the matter was found by visiting the two counters this morning.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

Asia Aircon staff at Arambagh asked for Tk400 for a ticket to Comilla which usually cost Tk300. When asked the reason for asking Tk100 more than the fixed fare, the counter staff said to either pay Tk400 or to leave.

When reminded about paying fine for asking for extra money, a person named Rabbani, who was behind the counter, said "On the way back, the bus remains empty, so we incur a loss. If the fare is slightly higher, the government collects fines, but they do not give us anything when we suffer a loss."

Another counter staff at Miami Aircon said the mobile court imposes a fine of Tk2,000-3,000. Whereas, if Tk100 extra can be collected from each passenger, the additional income per trip is about Tk4,000, he added.

According to the control room set up by the Road Transport and Highways Division at the office of BRTA, any complaints regarding excess fare are being handled by mobile courts.

If the complaint is found to be true, the concerned counter is fined. However, since the amount of fine is low, people concerned think this overcharging is not stopping.

BRTA officials also said the number of complaints from passengers is also very low.

Additional fare is being collected from the bus passengers at every long distance terminal of the capital including Mohakhali, Gabtoli, Syedabad, Gulistan.

Only Ena Transport is collecting fixed fare of Tk320 from Mohakhali to Mymensingh. Several buses including Soukhin, Alam Asia, Burma, Imam are charging Tk500-600 on the same route.

Non-AC bus fare from Sayedabad to Barisal is Tk500-550 during normal hours. On Thursday, most of the buses including Hanif, Shyamoli, Sakura, BMF, Golden Line collected Tk700-800 fare.

Even today, the counters collected rent up to Tk700. Usual fare of Tk540 from Sayedabad to Noakhali was hiked to Tk650 by Ekushey Express Transport.

Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, Secretary General of Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association, believes that additional fare collection cannot be stopped by imposing fines under existing laws.

He said, if an additional fare of Tk400 per seat can be collected, the additional income per trip is Tk20,000. The more trips the company bus makes, the more this income will increase. And under the existing law, fines from Tk2,000 to a maximum of Tk10,000 can be imposed due to excessive fare. It will not be possible to stop the collection of additional fare with this fine, he added.

Top News

Bus / extra fare / Eid Holiday

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Deep depression over Bay of Bengal on 29 May. Photo: ANI
    Heavy rain, tidal surges trigger flood warnings as deep depression crosses coast
  • Powerful tidal surges from the Meghna River flooded more than 100 villages in four coastal upazilas of Lakshmipur on 29 May 2025. Photo: TBS
    Meghna tidal surge floods over 100 villages as incessant daylong rain batters Lakshmipur
  • Attackers vandalise the windows of the residence of Jatiyo Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader and set fire to a motorcycle in Rangpur on 29 May 2025. Photo: TBS
    Jatiyo Party chief GM Quader's Rangpur house attacked; NCP, SAD activists blamed

MOST VIEWED

  • Dhaka areas at a gridlock on Wednesday, 28 May 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
    BNP, Jamaat rallies: Traffic clogs Dhaka roads, including Motijheel, Paltan, Dainik Bangla intersection
  • IFIC Bank receives Tk6,000 cr in new deposits in six months
    IFIC Bank receives Tk6,000 cr in new deposits in six months
  • Mohammad Abdul Mannan, chairman FSIB Ltd. Sketch: TBS
    FSIB to bounce back soon
  • Abdul Awal Mintoo, chairman of National Bank Limited. Sketch: TBS
    'Regulatory support must for National Bank to restore depositors' confidence'
  • Md Nazrul Islam Swapan, chairman of EXIM Bank. Sketch: TBS
    Exim Bank restored depositors’ confidence, overcoming challenges
  • Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid, managing director and CEO, UCB. Sketch: TBS
    Customers’ trust and confidence fueling deposit growth at UCB

Related News

  • Secure homes before leaving for Eid holidays: DMP issues security guidelines
  • Parked bus 'torched' in Ashulia
  • 19-year-old killed after being pushed off moving bus over half fare dispute
  • Speeding bus crashes with 3 vehicles on Mawa highway, 8 injured
  • 7 killed, dozens injured as bus overturns in Faridpur

Features

For hundreds of small fishermen living near this delicate area, sustainable fishing is a necessity for their survival. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

World Ocean Day: Bangladesh’s ‘Silent Island’ provides a fisheries model for the future

6h | The Big Picture
The university will be OK. But will the US? Photo: Bloomberg

A weaker Harvard is a weaker America

6h | Panorama
The Botanical Garden is a refuge for plant species, both native and exotic. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

The hidden cost of 'development' in the Botanical Garden

6h | Panorama
Stillbirths in Bangladesh: A preventable public health emergency

Stillbirths in Bangladesh: A preventable public health emergency

6h | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Record migrant deaths in 2024

Record migrant deaths in 2024

3h | Podcast
News of The Day, 29 MAY 2025

News of The Day, 29 MAY 2025

5h | TBS News of the day
Businesses set for relief as interim govt eyes major tax & fine cuts

Businesses set for relief as interim govt eyes major tax & fine cuts

8h | TBS Insight
Love is essential for human life

Love is essential for human life

7h | TBS Programs
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net