Sale of Eid advance bus ticket from Aug 5

Staff Correspondent: Sale of advance tickets of private buses will begin from August 5 for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, which is expected to be celebrated on August 22.

Faruk Talukdar Sohel, chairman of Bangladesh Bus Truck Owners Association, confirmed this to risingbd.com on Tuesday afternoon.

He said the decision was taken at a meeting with the top officials of the association.

Sale of ticket will start from the morning of August 5 and will continue until the tickets are sold out, he said.

Tickets of any date will be available from August 5, he added.

Earlier on July 26, Bangladesh Railway announced to begin sale of advance train tickets ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha from August 8, so that holidaymakers can collect their tickets ahead of the Eid.

Every year, tens of thousands of people leave the capital Dhaka to celebrate Eid with near and dear ones at their village homes.


risingbd/Dhaka/July 31, 2018/Hasan/AI