Highway Police and the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) have fined seven air-conditioned sleeper buses Tk95,000 for operating without proper authorisation on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
The joint operation was conducted by Highway Police’s Cumilla region and BRTA’s Cumilla zone between 12:30 am and 4 am on Thursday.
Police said the seven buses, operated by Evergreen, Golden Line, European, Nilachal and Green Line Paribahan, were fined for unauthorised alterations to their structures and designs and irregularities involving registration numbers.
Earlier, on 15 October, eight buses operated by Saint Martin Square, Bengal Paribahan, Doyel Express and Royal Coach were fined Tk60,000 in a similar operation.
