Bangladesh, March 10 -- The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has added 600 more Indian air-conditioned (AC), non-AC and double-decker buses and 500 trucks to its fleet.

The state transport entity got the commuter and freight vehicles under the country's second line of credit (LoC) facility from its next-door neighbour.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the new BRTC service from Gonobhaban tomorrow (Monday) after talking with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi through videoconferencing.

Official sources said the premiers would be connected through a video call around 01:00 pm for the roll-out.

The BRTC Motijheel Bus Depot will simultaneously be hooked up to Gonobhaban to show the imported buses.

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