Dhaka, June 8 -- Ambulance fares in Chattogram have been raised by 30 percent a day after a scuffle between members of the Bangladesh Ambulance Owners Welfare Association and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP) over allegations of overcharging.

The new rates were approved on Monday at a consultation meeting at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), where ambulance charges were reviewed and revised.

The meeting, titled "Rationalisation of ambulance fares for transporting patients and bodies under the CMCH policy", was attended by hospital management committee Chairman and city Mayor Shahadat Hossain.

Leaders of the Chattogram Ambulance Owners Cooperative Society and representatives of the Chattogram Metropolitan Police we...