Dhaka, June 7 -- The Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has called for an immediate end to the practice of leasing Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) buses to educational institutions, and other public and private organisations, arguing that it deprives ordinary commuters of affordable public transport services.

In a joint statement on Sunday, RSF Chairman Prof Dr AI Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, Vice Chairmen Prof Hasina Begum, Dr Kamran ul Baset and Abdullah Md Ferdous Khan, and Executive Director Sayedur Rahman said BRTC is a state-owned transport service established with taxpayers' money to serve the public.

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