Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- A state-owned transport company, the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), is going to procure 1,000 new buses for plying across the country, including 340 CNG-run air-conditioned (AC) buses.

These buses will be imported from South Korea under a soft loan of EXIM Bank.

A Tk 1,133.46 crore project, the BRTC will procure the 340 CNG-run AC buses with a soft loan at 0.1 percent interest rate from the South Korea's EXIM bank. Of the buses, 140 will be used for city services for Dhaka city while the rest for intercity services.

While talking to this correspondent at his office recently, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Tajul Islam, also an additional secretary to the government, said that within July this year...