A leading road transport company, Shohagh Paribahan, yesterday added 10 luxury Volvo buses to its fleet to boost its inter-district transport network.

The company also introduced computerised ticket reservation system, offering smooth reservation services to travellers.

Communications Minister Nazmul Huda formally inaugurated the Volvo Classic buses and ticket reservation system at a function in Dhaka. Initially, the 38-seat air-conditioned buses will ply on Dhaka-Chittagong route. Shohagh Paribahan hopes to introduce the latest model of Volvo series bus in next phases on other inter-district routes such as Dhaka-Khulna, Dhaka-Jessore-Benapole and Dhaka-Sa tkhira.

The salient features of Volvo classic include automatic air-conditioning system, six executive class seats, movie on DVD and individual audio players.

A Dhaka-Chittagong executive class seat is fixed atTk 550 and regu-

lar classTk 370.

The Volvo buses have increased the number of Shohagh Paribahan vehicles to over 100.

Golam Mohammad Siraj MP, Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulations Commission Syed Marghub Murshed, Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Borje Mattsson, Managing Director of Shohagh Paribahan FarukTalukder Soheland Deputy Managing Director of Pubali Bank Helal Ahmed Chowdhury were also present at the function.