Dhaka, May 9 -- Though the procedure to select a contractor through a fresh tender was completed in August last year, legal complications related to purchasing buses for the Gazipur-Airport bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor have not been resolved yet.

Sources said the board of the Dhaka BRT Company Limited (Dhaka BRT) has not approved the evaluation committee report on buying diesel-driven 137 buses for the 20-kilometre corridor due to the legal complexities.

They said that no progress could be made to finalise the bus-procurement procedure as the first tender was cancelled amid allegations of corruption or a politically motivated initiative.

Taking into cognisance of the corruption allegations, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) soug...