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Prothom Alo confirms the split of roles on the procurement side: DMTCL \"is no longer procuring MRT Pass cards. Instead, another government agency, the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) is now purchasing Rapid Pass cards.\"", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-7be67460f2cc04e2", "field": "snippet", "text": "It settles through a clearing house DTCA built with technical assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-182bb4528b5ab169", "src-7422f6513205d239" ], "supportNote": "Prothom Alo: \"With technical assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the DTCA has undertaken the project 'Establishment of Clearing House for Integrating Transport Ticketing System in Dhaka City and Adjacent Districts (Phase-II)'.\" The Business Standard quotes the DTCA project director saying \"a clearing house has already been built\" and that it \"will serve as the central system for record-keeping and disbursement\".", "caveat": "Prothom Alo adds that JICA no longer provides technical support. The clearing house was described as built in March 2025 but its integrated software was still under development at that date, and the number of operators actually settling through it is small.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-745e1acf4ca55d9b", "field": "snippet", "text": "each participating service provider is to hold an account at Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited, the clearing bank", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-7422f6513205d239", "src-2b3def1ef0ae9c1c" ], "supportNote": "The Business Standard, reporting the DTCA project director: \"Each service provider or stakeholder will have a bank account at Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL), and DTCA will oversee both the software and all financial transactions.\" The earlier Business Standard piece calls Dutch Bangla Bank \"the clearing bank of DTCA\".", "caveat": "The source is worded in the future tense — the architecture is described as designed rather than as fully in operation across many operators.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-510de170e6fe5876", "field": "snippet", "text": "DTCA manages the central fund and takes a service charge of up to 3 per cent", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-7422f6513205d239" ], "supportNote": "Direct quotation of the DTCA project director in The Business Standard: \"DTCA will manage the central system and fund, taking up to a 3% service charge. The charge will vary from company to company and will be determined during the agreement with each service provider.\"", "caveat": "Up to 3 per cent is a ceiling, not an applied rate: the source says the charge varies by company and is set in each service provider's agreement.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-cf8a7496fd06261b", "field": "snippet", "text": "The card launched in January 2018 on two BRTC bus routes under the slogan “One Card for All Transport”", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-053b3f2341ef2542", "src-182bb4528b5ab169" ], "supportNote": "Prothom Alo's report of the 4 January 2018 launch states: \"Currently, the passengers can avail themselves of the opportunity of rapid pass card while traveling by BTRC bus running on Motijheel-Abdullapur and Motijheel-Nabinagar routes\" (the spellings BTRC and Abdullapur are the source's). Prothom Alo's 2024 piece carries the slogan: DTCA \"introduced Rapid Pass ... with the slogan 'One Card for All Transport'\".", "caveat": "The 2024 Prothom Alo piece dates the card's introduction to 2015 and Wikipedia dates the project to 2014 with a 2017 trial; 4 January 2018 is the public launch and is the date used here.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-d11eee3dee43be7d", "field": "snippet", "text": "about 150 point-of-sale machines given to bus operators mostly stopped working", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-37c579de8f8138da" ], "supportNote": "The Financial Express: \"Although 150 point-of-sales (PoS) machines were distributed among bus operators later on, most of those went inoperative.\"", "caveat": "A single press account; no operator statement putting a number on the working machines was found.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-ef24214b4b252552", "field": "snippet", "text": "the Hatirjheel circular service dropped it", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-37c579de8f8138da" ], "supportNote": "The Financial Express: \"Hatijheel circular bus service was withdrawn after introduction after 2018 due to damage of the PoS machines and software problems\" (the spelling Hatijheel is the source's).", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-12e4aad31c1ffa9a", "field": "snippet", "text": "DTCA's own status note for the period to 31 January 2026 lists the card in regular use in three places: metro Line 6, certain BRTC buses, and the Hatirjheel circular bus", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-2e1ccea19578fa71", "src-0ae1eddcc078d5f4" ], "supportNote": "DTCA's status note headed \"Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario (Till Jan 31, 2026)\" states in Bangla: \"র‍্যাপিড পাস বর্তমানে ঢাকার মেট্রোরেল (লাইন-৬), বিআরটিসি'র নির্দিষ্ট বাসে এবং হাতিরঝিল চক্রাকার বাসে নিয়মিত ব্যবহার হচ্ছে\" — Rapid Pass is currently in regular use on Dhaka's metro rail (Line-6), on designated BRTC buses and on the Hatirjheel circular bus. DTCA's About page states more narrowly that \"fares can be paid using the Rapid Pass on the metro rail and Hatirjheel circular bus service\".", "caveat": "The statement lives in a Bangla infographic image on the page, so no verbatim locator string exists in the page text; the page text itself carries only the heading and its reporting period. DTCA's About page lists a narrower footprint (metro and Hatirjheel only), so the two operator statements do not agree on the BRTC buses.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-9010214424e69161", "field": "snippet", "text": "which took it back in July 2025", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-9854d223f048a45d" ], "supportNote": "The Business Standard reports the 20 July 2025 relaunch: DTCA \"has officially launched the 'Rapid Pass', a digital fare payment system, for the Hatirjheel circular bus service\", and \"The service, operated by HR Transport Agency, was inaugurated this afternoon (20 July) near the FDC counter area.\"", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-d806b7cc470291e0", "field": "impact", "text": "DMTCL data put Rapid Pass and MRT Pass together at 55 per cent of Line 6 passengers in June 2025", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-789bbff9794d4502" ], "supportNote": "Prothom Alo: \"According to DMTCL data, 55 per cent of the metro rail passengers travel using the Rapid Pass or MRT cards, while the remaining 45 per cent rely on single-journey tickets.\"", "caveat": "The figure is the operator's own and covers both cards together; it does not separate Rapid Pass from the MRT Pass. Prothom Alo reported the same 55/45 split in December 2024.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-11b271e0e069df40", "field": "impact", "text": "DTCA's own note for the period to 31 January 2026 puts smart-card payment at an average of 65 per cent", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-2e1ccea19578fa71" ], "supportNote": "DTCA's status note states in Bangla: \"বর্তমানে গড়ে ৬৫% যাত্রী মেট্রোরেলে (লাইন-৬) স্মার্টকার্ড দিয়ে ভাড়া পরিশোধ করছে\" — on average 65% of passengers on metro rail (Line-6) currently pay their fare with a smart card.", "caveat": "The figure is in a Bangla infographic image, so no verbatim locator exists in the page text. It says smart card, not Rapid Pass, and therefore covers the MRT Pass as well. A DTCA official was quoted in July 2025 giving 68 per cent for \"Rapid Pass users at metro rail\" — a higher number with a narrower wording; the two have not been reconciled.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-9581fadb1c9ca331", "field": "impact", "text": "The only published count of holders is cumulative — 66,180 by July 2023", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-2b3def1ef0ae9c1c" ], "supportNote": "The Business Standard: \"The Rapid Pass card will be available for just Tk400 by registering with the holder's name and mobile number in certain branches of Dutch Bangla Bank, the clearing bank of DTCA. Till July this year, some 66,180 people in Dhaka got the card.\"", "caveat": "A count of cards issued, not of people using them, and more than two years old at the time of writing; no later cardholder total was found in operator or press reporting.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-7c536035add8cd8e", "field": "impact", "text": "There is no equivalent figure for buses", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-2e1ccea19578fa71", "src-7422f6513205d239" ], "supportNote": "Neither of DTCA's own adoption statements reports bus use. The status note to 31 January 2026 gives a smart-card share for metro Line-6 only; the March 2025 interview with the DTCA project director describes the bus rollout as still awaiting validators and reports no bus usage figure.", "caveat": "This is an absence across the operator statements and press reports reviewed for this entry, not a demonstration that no such figure exists anywhere.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-6831caa66defca36", "field": "impact", "text": "DTCA publishes neither active cardholders nor the card's share of bus trips", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-2e1ccea19578fa71", "src-0ae1eddcc078d5f4" ], "supportNote": "DTCA's two public statements about the card — the About page and the status note to 31 January 2026 — report the modes it runs on and a metro smart-card share, and give no figure for active cardholders or for the card's share of bus trips.", "caveat": "An absence in DTCA's published material as reviewed here. A DTCA official was quoted in November 2025 saying \"we have nearly 16 lakh unused cards lying around\", which could describe undistributed stock or dormant cards in circulation; the wording does not settle which, so it is not used.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-e1947fbc6c9282da", "field": "lesson", "text": "a coordinating authority issues it, a bank clears it, no operator owns it", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-0ae1eddcc078d5f4", "src-7422f6513205d239", "src-182bb4528b5ab169" ], "supportNote": "DTCA's About page has DTCA introducing and operating the card; The Business Standard has each service provider holding an account at Dutch-Bangla Bank with DTCA managing the central fund; Prothom Alo has DTCA refusing DMTCL more MRT Passes \"because it wants metrorail to go on Rapid pass entirely\" — the card is not the metro operator's to issue.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-7e8b88c8164c3e96", "field": "lesson", "text": "Dhaka's buses are mostly run by operators who lease them, some by the day, and a machine that deducts each fare made diverting fares impossible", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-37c579de8f8138da" ], "supportNote": "The Financial Express, attributing to sources: \"as the PoS machines used to deduct the fare from Rapid Pass, it was not possible to misuse of the fares by the bus operators who are mostly controlled both private and public buses through lease even on daily basis.\"", "caveat": "Attributed by the newspaper to unnamed sources, and it is the only account found that gives a reason. It is an explanation of the retreat, not a documented finding by an auditor or a regulator.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-c4b5eb95540e2e54", "field": "lesson", "text": "it is the metro that carries the card", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-2e1ccea19578fa71", "src-182bb4528b5ab169" ], "supportNote": "DTCA's status note reports a 65 per cent smart-card share on metro Line-6 and names only two bus services beside it; Prothom Alo reports that DTCA blocked further MRT Pass supply so that the metro would run on Rapid Pass entirely, and that no more MRT passes will be issued.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-92bdb1c6b7da50a3", "field": "lesson", "text": "The company that was supposed to own and run the system has still not been formed; DTCA's own plan still lists it as a short-term goal", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-37c579de8f8138da", "src-0ae1eddcc078d5f4" ], "supportNote": "The Financial Express: \"the DTCA is yet to introduce the special purpose company which is needed to operate and manage the Rapid Pass all kinds of transport through proper planning and study. The DTCA had taken the move to set up SPO two years ago.\" DTCA's About page still lists \"Formation of a Special Purpose Company (SPC)\" under its short-term goals.", "caveat": "The Financial Express report is from September 2024. DTCA's About page, which is undated, still lists the SPC as a short-term goal, and no announcement of its formation was found.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } } ], "sources": [ { "id": "src-0ae1eddcc078d5f4", "title": "Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)", "url": "https://rapidpass.com.bd/en/about-us", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "rapidpass.com.bd", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-3c6b4976910b2eb3", "clm-12e4aad31c1ffa9a", "clm-6831caa66defca36", "clm-e1947fbc6c9282da", "clm-92bdb1c6b7da50a3" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": null, "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-26", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-26", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "record-date-only" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "DTCA's own description of the card: that DTCA introduced it, that the goal is settlement among service providers through a clearing house, the Tk 400 price (Tk 200 stored value, Tk 200 issuance fee), the statement that fares can currently be paid on the metro rail and the Hatirjheel circular bus service, and an implementation plan whose short-term goals still include forming a Special Purpose Company and integrating the Dhaka BRT.", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-2e1ccea19578fa71", "title": "Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)", "url": "https://rapidpass.com.bd/en/blog/details/16", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "rapidpass.com.bd", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-12e4aad31c1ffa9a", "clm-11b271e0e069df40", "clm-7c536035add8cd8e", "clm-6831caa66defca36", "clm-c4b5eb95540e2e54" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": "2026-02-08", "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-26", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-26", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "DTCA status note headed “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario (Till Jan 31, 2026)”. The substance is a Bangla infographic: regular use on metro Line-6, designated BRTC buses and the Hatirjheel circular bus; work under way to extend to the Hatirjheel water taxi; an average of 65% of Line-6 passengers paying by smart card; and online recharge live since 25 November 2025.", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-7422f6513205d239", "title": "The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)", "url": "https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/transport/rapid-pass-expansion-delayed-until-june-1087121", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "tbsnews.net", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-7be67460f2cc04e2", "clm-745e1acf4ca55d9b", "clm-510de170e6fe5876", "clm-7c536035add8cd8e", "clm-e1947fbc6c9282da" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": "2025-03-08", "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-26", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-26", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "Interview with the DTCA project director. 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