Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Dhaka Road Transport Owners' Association has announced to operate buses from 21 companies on various routes from Abdullahpur in the capital under a counter-based ticketing system from Thursday.

"Nearly 2,610 pink-coloured buses will operate under the system," said Md Saiful Alam, the general secretary of the association. He was addressing a press conference at the association's office in Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue on Tuesday.

The counter service will officially launch at 10:30 am on Thursday.

He informed that passengers will have to purchase tickets before boarding on the buses and they will not allow passengers to board or disembark at random locations.

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