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Agartala: The Agartala-Kolkata via Bangladesh bus service, which was suspended in March 2020 after the outbreak of Covid-19 and the restrictions imposed on cross-border movement, resumed on Friday to facilitate easier ferrying of people from the northeast region of India to the rest of the country. Tripura Transport and Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy accompanied by Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh diplomatic mission in Agartala Arif Mohammad and Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor Dipak Majumder flagged off the bus service, to be operated by the newly floated Royal Maitri International Bus Service. Singha Roy said that the 40-seater passenger bus would ply six days in a week excluding Friday. From Agartala it will reach Dhaka in four hours and Kolkata in 19 hours. In all 28 passengers — 22 Indians and six Bangladesh nationals – boarded the airconditioned luxury bus on Friday. Roy said that the bus service would not only help the people of Tripura and other northeastern states to go to Kolkata (with a fare of Rs 2200) and then other parts of India on a cheap fare but will also boost trade, tourism and strengthen the people to people contacts. “In the near future, air, rail and waterway connectivity would be launched between Tripura and various cities of Bangladesh. After the completion of the work of the under construction railway line, we expect the railway service between Tripura and Bangladesh would start next year,” Singha Roy said. Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner Arif Mohammad said after a lot of efforts, the bus service has resumed fulfilling the expectations of people of both countries. “The passenger bus service is the symbol of Maitri’ (friendship) – that is why, we call it Maitri Bus,” he added. Tripura ...