Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation
বাংলাদেশ সড়ক পরিবহন কর্পোরেশন
Headquarter of BRTC
Agency overview
Formed1961; 63 years ago (1961)
JurisdictionBangladesh
HeadquartersBRTC Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Annual budgetAllocated by Government
Agency executive
Parent departmentMinistry of Road Transport and Bridges
Parent agencyBangladesh Government of Bangladesh
Websitebrtc.gov.bd

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is a state-owned transport corporation of Bangladesh. It was established under the Government Ordinance No.7 of 1961 dated 4 February 1961. Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, it assumed its current name.[1] It is responsible for issuing buses and maintaining the public transports in the roads and highway division.

Organization

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BRTC is a semi-autonomous corporation under the Ministry of Communication. The governing body includes the Communication Minister, the Communication Secretary, the Director of the corporation, and other officials.[2]

Services

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BRTC provides both passenger and cargo transport services. As well as BRTC also provide driving training for mass people.


BRTC operates three international bus services (Dhaka to Kolkata, Agartala, and Siliguri in India). Inside Bangladesh, it operates inter-district bus services through its bus depots in Chittagong, Bogra, Comilla, Pabna, Rangpur, Barisal, and Sylhet. It also operates intra-city bus services in many major cities of the country.[3] In total, BRTC has a fleet of 1,350 buses as of February 2024.[4]

For transportation of cargo, BRTC operates a fleet of 170 trucks.[5] About twenty percent of the government food transport uses BRTC's trucks. The two main truck depots are located at Dhaka and Chittagong.

BRTC's main driver training institute is located in Joydevpur, Gazipur District, about forty kilometres north of Dhaka. It also has several other training institutes located in Chittagong, Bogra, Khulna, and Jhenaidah. Through these institutes, BRTC provides training in basic car operation and repair.

Special routes

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Since 18 September 2023 BRTC has been operating a double-decker bus route that will travel on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway.[6]

Depots

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  1. Joar Sahara
  2. Motijheel
  3. Kallyanpur
  4. Mirpur Double Decker
  5. Mohammadpur
  6. Gabtali
  7. Gazipur
  8. Narayanganj
  9. Narsingdi
  10. Cumilla
  11. Chattogram
  12. Sylhet
  13. Bogura
  14. Pabna
  15. Sonapur
  16. Rangpur
  17. Khulna
  18. Tungipara
  19. Dinajpur
  20. Jatrabari
  21. Mymensingh
  22. Barishal

References

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  1. ^ "WiFi-enabled BRTC buses introduced". bdnews24.com. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ^ "BRTC Key people". BRTC. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Most BRTC buses still off roads". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "BRTC plans to add 1,000 buses to its fleet". The Daily Star. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ "Buy used truck with LKW Ankauf Germany". LKW Ankauf. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "BRTC buses on Dhaka expressway from 18 Sept: All you need to know". The Business Standard. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
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