Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for constituting Special Project Organisation (SPO) to run the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a mass transport system from Gazipur to Shahjalal International Airport.

The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

Cabinet Secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuyan briefed reporters after the meeting.

He said the mass transport system is aimed at easing vexing traffic congestions in Dhaka City.

The proposed company, Trans Dhaka, will run the mass transport system while Bridge Division, LGED and Roads and Highways Department will implement the project.

The meeting also approved the Members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (Terms and Condition of Service) (Amendment) Act 2012, aiming to raise the salary of the Chairman equivalent to Cabinet Secretary while that of members’ equivalent to secretary.

The cabinet also gave a nod to the draft of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Maritime University Act 2012.

The cabinet secretary said the meeting approved the list of 476 items to give preferential tariff facilities to the OIC member countries under the Protocol on Preferential Tariff Scheme for TPS-OIC.

The proposals for ratification of the Framework Agreement on the Promotion and Liberalisation of the Trade Services among APTA Participating States and the Bilateral Trade Agreement signed with Kuwait were also approved by the Cabinet.

A report on the participation of Bangladesh delegation in the 8th Ministerial Meeting of WTO held in Geneva last December was placed before the cabinet.