The trial run of a Bangladesh-India-Nepal bus service began yesterday in what is seen as a major development in cross border transport service among the three nations.
Two buses carrying around 45 delegates from the three countries and Asian Development Bank left the BRTC International Depot at Motijheel in Dhaka around 9:30am.
The route will be Dhaka-Rangpur-Banglabandha-Siliguri (India)- Kakarvitta (Nepal)- Bharatpur-Kathmandu. The route is around 1,100 kilometres long and would take around 30 hours to complete, officials said. Currently Bangladesh has a bus route with only India.
