<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A total of six new air-conditioned (AC) tourist buses are going to be purchased for the Padma Bridge tour.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali made the announcement while inaugurating the Padma Bridge Package Tour from Parjatan Bhaban in Agargaon on Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister said: " Six new buses will be brought from France very soon so that domestic and foreign tourists can safely travel to Kuakata beach, Sundarbans, and other tourist hotspots in the south of the country in a short time."</div><div><br></div><div>Under the supervision of the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC), the Padma Bridge tour package on Fridays and Saturdays.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On those two days, the bus will leave the Agargaon Tourism Building for Padma Bridge at 4pm and return to Dhaka by 10:30pm the same day. The trip costs Tk999.</div><div><br></div><div>The tour will be conducted by trained guides from Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC)'s National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute.</div><div><br></div><div>On the eave of the launch, BPC Manager (Sales and Development) Ziaul Haque Hawlader said all tickets have already been sold for next Friday and Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>“While moving towards Bhanga, tourists will savour the beauty of the Padma River in daylight and, in the evening, they will enjoy the wonderful lighting of the bridge and the expressway as they return,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 28 people will be able to travel on each bus.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>