New toll rate for Bangabandhu Bridge from tonight

Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has increased the toll rate for Bangabandhu Bridge. The increased toll rate will be effective from early Friday (November 19).

Ahsanul Kabir Pavel, executive engineer of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority's Bangabandhu Bridge site office, confirmed the matter on Thursday.

He said, the new toll rate to be effective from 12:00am. All preparations have been completed on that occasion.

Earlier on November 2, the ministry issued a notification in this regard. Through a circular, the government had raised the toll rates for two of the biggest bridges of the country by 10 to 50 percent.

As per the new rates, the toll for a motorcycle crossing Bangabandhu Bridge is Tk 50, a car Tk 550, a microbus and a pickup Tk 600, a minibus Tk 750, a bus Tk 1,000, a small truck (up to 5 tonnes) Tk 1,000, a medium truck (5 and 8 tonnes) Tk 1,250 and a large truck (8 to 11 tonnes) Tk 1,600.

A three-axle truck has to pay Tk 2,000 and a 4-axle trailer has to pay Tk 3,000. An additional Tk 1,000 will be charged for each axle above four. There was no mention of this category in the previous toll rates.