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Rapid Pass Fare Card and Its Clearing House

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Bangladesh's contactless transit card is issued by the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), not by any transport operator. It settles through a clearing house DTCA built with technical assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency: each participating service provider is to hold an account at Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited, the clearing bank, and DTCA manages the central fund and takes a service charge of up to 3 per cent. The card launched in January 2018 on two BRTC bus routes under the slogan “One Card for All Transport”, and then left the buses — about 150 point-of-sale machines given to bus operators mostly stopped working, and the Hatirjheel circular service dropped it. 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, which took it back in July 2025.

Live 📅 since 2018
Outcome📉 Scaled back
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byDhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA); clearing bank Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL)
Scale🏙️ City-wide
CostTk 1.20 billion (Phase-II clearing-house project)
FundingGovernment of Bangladesh with technical assistance from JICA (Phase I from 2014, Phase II); JICA's technical support has since ended

📊 Impact

On the metro the card became the normal way to pay: DMTCL data put Rapid Pass and MRT Pass together at 55 per cent of Line 6 passengers in June 2025, and DTCA's own note for the period to 31 January 2026 puts smart-card payment at an average of 65 per cent. There is no equivalent figure for buses. The only published count of holders is cumulative — 66,180 by July 2023 — and DTCA publishes neither active cardholders nor the card's share of bus trips.

🎓 Lesson

The card answers the ownership question unusually cleanly — a coordinating authority issues it, a bank clears it, no operator owns it — and that is close to why the buses would not take it. Reporting on the retreat traced it to what the machines took away: 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. The metro, whose gates count every passenger anyway, had nothing to lose, and it is the metro that carries the card. 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.

🚲 MobilitySmart ticketingPublic transportDigital government

Sources

↗ Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)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.
↗ Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)Published 8 February 2026DTCA 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.
↗ The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)Published 8 March 2025Interview with the DTCA project director. Carries the clearing-house architecture in the clearest form found: an account at Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited for each service provider, DTCA managing the central system and fund and taking up to a 3% service charge, bus validators still to be installed, and the card in use at that date only on the metro rail and a limited number of BRTC buses.
↗ The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press)Published 19 September 2024The fullest account of the retreat from buses: about 150 point-of-sale machines distributed to bus operators of which most went inoperative, the Hatirjheel circular service dropping the card after 2018 over damaged machines and software, the special-purpose company still not formed, and the explanation attributed to unnamed sources that the machines stopped lessee bus operators diverting fares. The canonical URL (thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/rapid-passes-lose-appeal-to-passengers) renders as an empty JavaScript shell; this print-edition URL serves the text.
↗ Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press)Published 19 December 2024Names the Phase-II project “Establishment of Clearing House for Integrating Transport Ticketing System in Dhaka City and Adjacent Districts”, its Tk 1.20 billion cost and JICA's technical assistance, and states that JICA no longer provides technical support. Also the institutional decision behind the card: DMTCL sought to buy more MRT Passes and DTCA refused because it wants the metro on Rapid Pass entirely, so no more MRT passes will be issued.
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↗ Prothom Alo — Metro rail ticketing and fare payment to become easier (press)Published 24 June 2025DMTCL data that 55% of metro passengers travel on Rapid Pass or MRT cards and 45% on single-journey tickets; that DMTCL no longer procures MRT Passes while DTCA now buys Rapid Passes and has been unable to meet demand; and that the metro's closed-loop gates read only cards made by Sony.
↗ The Business Standard — Commuters can now use Rapid Pass on Hatirjheel circular buses (press)Published 20 July 2025The 20 July 2025 relaunch of Rapid Pass on the Hatirjheel circular bus service, operated by the private HR Transport Agency, with the same cards used at metro stations. Also carries a DTCA statement putting Rapid Pass use at the metro at 68% — higher than, and worded differently from, the 65% smart-card figure in DTCA's own status note; see caveats.
↗ Prothom Alo — Rapid pass card launched in Dhaka to ease fare payment (press)Published 4 January 2018Contemporaneous report of the 4 January 2018 launch at Kamalapur BRTC bus depot: the Tk 400 price, eight sales points in the city, and the two BRTC routes on which the card could then be used, Motijheel–Abdullahpur and Motijheel–Nabinagar.
↗ The Business Standard — Rapid Pass – one card for all transport – about to get real (press)Published 7 September 2023The only published cardholder count found: some 66,180 people in Dhaka had the card by July 2023. Also names Dutch-Bangla Bank as the clearing bank of DTCA and records the plan, then five years after launch, to extend the card to BRT and BRTC bus services from October 2023.
↗ BSS — Rapid, MRT Passes recharge facility via mobile app inaugurated (state news agency)Published 12 January 2026The 12 January 2026 launch of the Rapid Pass mobile app, and the constraint that an online recharge is not activated until the card is tapped on an add-value machine at a metro station.
↗ NEC — order to design the Dhaka clearing house systems (vendor)Published 5 February 2021Vendor announcement, used only for the build history: a Phase 1 order from JICA in October 2014 to NEC and Katahira and Engineers International for a clearing-house system for Dhaka's public buses, and a Phase II order to extend it to the MRT. Ranks as vendor material, not operator reporting; its 480,000 passengers per day for MRT Line 6 is a design figure and is not used.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2018. 10 of 11 sources carry a publication date, from 4 January 2018 to 8 February 2026.

When the sources were published

  1. Prothom Alo — Rapid pass card launched in Dhaka to ease fare payment (press)
  2. NEC — order to design the Dhaka clearing house systems (vendor)
  3. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass – one card for all transport – about to get real (press)
  4. The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press)
  5. Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press)
  6. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)
  7. Prothom Alo — Metro rail ticketing and fare payment to become easier (press)
  8. The Business Standard — Commuters can now use Rapid Pass on Hatirjheel circular buses (press)
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  1. BSS — Rapid, MRT Passes recharge facility via mobile app inaugurated (state news agency)
  2. Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)

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is issued by the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), not by any transport operator
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
DTCA's own About page states the card is "an electronic smart device introduced by DTCA (Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority)". 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
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)
  2. Prothom Alo — Metro rail ticketing and fare payment to become easier (press)
Claim 2 clm-7be67460f2cc04e2 descriptive
It settles through a clearing house DTCA built with technical assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press)
  2. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)
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each participating service provider is to hold an account at Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited, the clearing bank
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)
  2. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass – one card for all transport – about to get real (press)
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DTCA manages the central fund and takes a service charge of up to 3 per cent
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)
Claim 5 clm-cf8a7496fd06261b quantitative
The card launched in January 2018 on two BRTC bus routes under the slogan “One Card for All Transport”
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Prothom Alo — Rapid pass card launched in Dhaka to ease fare payment (press)
  2. Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press)
Claim 6 clm-d11eee3dee43be7d quantitative
about 150 point-of-sale machines given to bus operators mostly stopped working
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press)
Claim 7 clm-ef24214b4b252552 descriptive
the Hatirjheel circular service dropped it
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What the mapping says
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
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press)
Claim 8 clm-12e4aad31c1ffa9a quantitative
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
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)
  2. Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)
Claim 9 clm-9010214424e69161 quantitative
which took it back in July 2025
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What the mapping says
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
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Business Standard — Commuters can now use Rapid Pass on Hatirjheel circular buses (press)
Claim 10 clm-d806b7cc470291e0 quantitative
DMTCL data put Rapid Pass and MRT Pass together at 55 per cent of Line 6 passengers in June 2025
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Prothom Alo — Metro rail ticketing and fare payment to become easier (press)
Claim 11 clm-11b271e0e069df40 quantitative
DTCA's own note for the period to 31 January 2026 puts smart-card payment at an average of 65 per cent
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)
Claim 12 clm-9581fadb1c9ca331 quantitative
The only published count of holders is cumulative — 66,180 by July 2023
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impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass – one card for all transport – about to get real (press)
Claim 13 clm-7c536035add8cd8e descriptive
There is no equivalent figure for buses
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)
  2. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)
Claim 14 clm-6831caa66defca36 descriptive
DTCA publishes neither active cardholders nor the card's share of bus trips
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impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)
  2. Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)
Claim 15 clm-e1947fbc6c9282da descriptive
a coordinating authority issues it, a bank clears it, no operator owns it
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
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
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)
  2. The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press)
  3. Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press)
Claim 16 clm-7e8b88c8164c3e96 descriptive
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
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press)
Claim 17 clm-c4b5eb95540e2e54 descriptive
it is the metro that carries the card
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
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
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator)
  2. Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press)
Claim 18 clm-92bdb1c6b7da50a3 descriptive
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
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
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.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press)
  2. Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA); clearing bank Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL)
Actor types
national-government, utility, private
Funding model
mixed
Funding description
Government of Bangladesh with technical assistance from JICA (Phase I from 2014, Phase II); JICA's technical support has since ended
Cost
Tk 1.20 billion (Phase-II clearing-house project)
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

11 source dossiers

Rapid Pass — About Us (DTCA, operator) rapidpass.com.bd · 5 linked claims

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Name not classified · rapidpass.com.bd
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2026-08-26
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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.

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Rapid Pass — “Rapid Pass Card Current Scenario”, status note to 31 January 2026 (DTCA, operator) rapidpass.com.bd · 5 linked claims

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Name not classified · rapidpass.com.bd
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2026-02-08
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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.

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The Business Standard — Rapid Pass expansion delayed until June (press) tbsnews.net · 5 linked claims

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Name not classified · tbsnews.net
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2025-03-08
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Interview with the DTCA project director. Carries the clearing-house architecture in the clearest form found: an account at Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited for each service provider, DTCA managing the central system and fund and taking up to a 3% service charge, bus validators still to be installed, and the card in use at that date only on the metro rail and a limited number of BRTC buses.

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The Financial Express — Rapid Passes lose appeal to passengers (press) today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd · 4 linked claims

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2024-09-19
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The fullest account of the retreat from buses: about 150 point-of-sale machines distributed to bus operators of which most went inoperative, the Hatirjheel circular service dropping the card after 2018 over damaged machines and software, the special-purpose company still not formed, and the explanation attributed to unnamed sources that the machines stopped lessee bus operators diverting fares. The canonical URL (thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/rapid-passes-lose-appeal-to-passengers) renders as an empty JavaScript shell; this print-edition URL serves the text.

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Prothom Alo — Metrorail hit by card crisis, paper tickets likely for single journey (press) en.prothomalo.com · 4 linked claims

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Names the Phase-II project “Establishment of Clearing House for Integrating Transport Ticketing System in Dhaka City and Adjacent Districts”, its Tk 1.20 billion cost and JICA's technical assistance, and states that JICA no longer provides technical support. Also the institutional decision behind the card: DMTCL sought to buy more MRT Passes and DTCA refused because it wants the metro on Rapid Pass entirely, so no more MRT passes will be issued.

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Prothom Alo — Metro rail ticketing and fare payment to become easier (press) en.prothomalo.com · 2 linked claims

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DMTCL data that 55% of metro passengers travel on Rapid Pass or MRT cards and 45% on single-journey tickets; that DMTCL no longer procures MRT Passes while DTCA now buys Rapid Passes and has been unable to meet demand; and that the metro's closed-loop gates read only cards made by Sony.

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The Business Standard — Commuters can now use Rapid Pass on Hatirjheel circular buses (press) tbsnews.net · 1 linked claim

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The 20 July 2025 relaunch of Rapid Pass on the Hatirjheel circular bus service, operated by the private HR Transport Agency, with the same cards used at metro stations. Also carries a DTCA statement putting Rapid Pass use at the metro at 68% — higher than, and worded differently from, the 65% smart-card figure in DTCA's own status note; see caveats.

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Prothom Alo — Rapid pass card launched in Dhaka to ease fare payment (press) en.prothomalo.com · 1 linked claim

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Contemporaneous report of the 4 January 2018 launch at Kamalapur BRTC bus depot: the Tk 400 price, eight sales points in the city, and the two BRTC routes on which the card could then be used, Motijheel–Abdullahpur and Motijheel–Nabinagar.

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The Business Standard — Rapid Pass – one card for all transport – about to get real (press) tbsnews.net · 2 linked claims

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The only published cardholder count found: some 66,180 people in Dhaka had the card by July 2023. Also names Dutch-Bangla Bank as the clearing bank of DTCA and records the plan, then five years after launch, to extend the card to BRT and BRTC bus services from October 2023.

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BSS — Rapid, MRT Passes recharge facility via mobile app inaugurated (state news agency) bssnews.net · background

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2026-01-12
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The 12 January 2026 launch of the Rapid Pass mobile app, and the constraint that an online recharge is not activated until the card is tapped on an add-value machine at a metro station.

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NEC — order to design the Dhaka clearing house systems (vendor) nec.com · background

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Vendor announcement, used only for the build history: a Phase 1 order from JICA in October 2014 to NEC and Katahira and Engineers International for a clearing-house system for Dhaka's public buses, and a Phase II order to extend it to the MRT. Ranks as vendor material, not operator reporting; its 480,000 passengers per day for MRT Line 6 is a design figure and is not used.

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🇧🇩 Dhaka Metro MRT Line 6 · Dhaka The card and the line that carries it: DTCA refused DMTCL more MRT Passes so the metro would run on Rapid Pass alone. 🇧🇩 Semi-Automatic Traffic Signal Pilot (DTCA/BUET) · Dhaka Two DTCA-coordinated systems where the hardware arrived and the operators decided: signal boxes staffed, bus validators unplugged. 🇻🇳 Cashless E-Ticketing on the Bus Network · Hanoi Both retired cash on buses by decree. Hanoi set dates that killed the paper pass; Dhaka's machines went quiet and the buses took cash again.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Rapid Pass Fare Card and Its Clearing House” — Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/dhaka-rapid-pass/ (last verified 2026-08-26). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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