Agartala–Dhaka–Kolkata cross-border bus service set for restart; TRTC begins trial runs

Guwahati: The cross-border bus service linking Agartala, Dhaka and Kolkata is likely to resume soon.

The services were stopped almost a year back. Government-owned Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) Vice-Chairman Samar Roy said that trial runs of the Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata bus service commenced on Saturday.

He added that the schedule for regular operations would be announced on February 28 after assessing the outcome of a few trial runs.


The Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata and Agartala-Dhaka bus services were initially suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic and later resumed in June 2022. However, the services were again halted after a bus operated by a local travel agency met with an accident in Bangladesh and was subsequently attacked by a mob.

The services are expected to significantly benefit passengers’ once regular operations resume.

Earlier, the Bangladesh AHC in Agartala had notified that all visa and consular services at the diplomatic mission remained suspended from December 23, 2025, due to “unavoidable circumstances” and until further notice.