Rail communications with Dhaka snapped for hours
Rail communications were restored at about 9:50pm Monday after protesting Government Titumir College students had lifted their six-hour-long blockade of the Mohakhali rail crossing in the capital.
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Train services resume across Bangladesh amid huge schedule disruption
Rail communications across the country resumed on Wednesday with the railway running staff members ending their 30-hour-long work abstention programme although trains mostly ran behind their schedules on the day, causing terrible suffering to the passengers...
BR running staff members' logical demand already met: adviser聽聽
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said they had already met the logical demand for overtime payment by the Bangladesh Railway for its running staff members.
Rail adviser calls running staff members for discussion
The adviser to the railways ministry Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Tuesday said that they are open to discuss the demands of the railway running staff members and solve those amicably.
Rail communications snapped due to strike of running staff members
Thousands of passengers suffered as nationwide rail communications remained suspended since early hours of Tuesday as the running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway began an indefinite work abstention...
Passengers suffer as metro rail service disrupted
Repeated suspension of metro rail services for hours on the Uttara-Motijheel route in the capital following technical glitch in the signalling system and pressure of passengers caused huge suffering to the passengers on Saturday...
Metro rail services on Uttara-Pallabi closed again
Metro rail services on Uttara-Pallabi section closed for the second time on Saturday due to a technical fault in the signalling system...
Metro rail services on Uttara-Motijheel route resume after an hour
Metro rail services on Uttara-Motijheel route have resumed after around one hour of suspension due to a technical fault....
Railway evicts makeshift structures at Tejgaon
The Bangladesh Railway on Tuesday freed about 5 acres of land by evicting over 200 illegal makeshift structures including houses and shops at Tejgaon area in the capital....
Daily intercity trains on Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route from Feb 1
Starting February 1, Bangladesh Railway will introduce permanent intercity train services on the Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route, with two pairs of trains running daily...
Bangladesh, Korea ink railway capacity deals
The government of Bangladesh and the ministry of land, infrastructure and transport of the Republic of Korea on Sunday signed deals to strengthen the operational capacity of Bangladesh Railways by providing consultancy services, supplying essential equipment and delivering training programs...
Minor girl raped in city, one arrested
A case was filed on Thursday over raping an 11-year-old girl, who lived in the streets near Shahbag Metro Rail Station in Dhaka...
Metro Rail鈥檚 Friday schedule revised
Dhaka Metro Rail authorities have rescheduled the Friday train service timing...
VAT ON METRO RAIL TICKETS: NBR extends exemption period
The National Board of Revenue on Monday has extended the exemption period of the value added tax on metro rail tickets for one more year...
Police constable killed being hit by bus in capital city
A police constable was killed after being hit by a bus at Kakrail area in the capital early Thursday.
Govt issues directives for Tabligh Jamaat activities to maintain peace
Bangladesh interim government has issued directives regarding the conduct of 鈥楽habguzari鈥� by the Tabligh Jamaat in Kakrail Mosque to ensure peace and order.
Metro rail ticket crisis grows
The authorities are struggling to meet the increased demand for Rapid passes to be used for metro rail journeys amid an ongoing crisis of single journey tickets.
Crisis in railway caused by misuse of money: adviser
The railways adviser, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, on Tuesday said that one of the causes of the crisis in Bangladesh Railway was misuse of money.聽
Female locomaster gets death threat as engine fails
A female locomaster of the Bangladesh Railway got death threats and harassed by a section of passengers after the engine of the train failed on the Narayanganj-Dhaka route on Saturday.
Lack of Single Journey Tickets: Suffering of metro rail passengers likely to continue
The suffering of the metro rail passengers due to shortage of single journey tickets is likely to continue for at least one more month...
1,900 tonnes of potato arrives from India
Amid overheated local markets, another shipment of 1,900 tonnes of potatoes arrived in Bangladesh from neighbouring India, officials said on Wednesday...
Fire breaks out at Korail slum
A fire that broke out in the Korail Slum on Wednesday afternoon was extinguished after two hours of effort by the firefighters...
Rail communications snapped for 2hrs due to workers鈥� blockade聽
Rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of Bangladesh were disrupted for about two hours on Tuesday, as temporary workers of the Bangladesh Railway demanding arrears and permanent jobs blocked the rail track in the morning in Tejgaon area in the capital Dhaka...
Workers鈥� blockade snaps rail link between Dhaka, rest of Bangladesh
Rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of Bangladesh were snapped since Tuesday morning as temporary workers of Bangladesh Railway demanding arrears and permanent jobs blocked the rail track in Tejgaon area in Dhaka...
聽BRT corridor opened, BR launches trains on Dhaka-Gazipur route
The government on Sunday opened the Bus Rapid Transit corridor with 10 air-conditioned buses to ply between Dhaka and Gazipur to ease the commute between the two cities that till now took hours amid extreme traffic congestion...
Initiative to build shorter rail link between Dhaka, Ctg resumes
The Bangladesh Railway has resumed an old initiative anew to build a rail link along the shortest distance between Dhaka and Chattogram that will significantly reduce the travel time between the capital and the port city...
DUCSU elections likely early next year: DU proctor
The long pending elections to Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and its hall unions are expected to take place by late January or early February next year, after a six-year gap since the last DUCSU polls in 2019...
Passengers continue to suffer as trains run late
Passengers continued to suffer as disruption to train services across the country continued for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday as the running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway continued their movement for restoration of their previous benefits for working extra hours...
Train service disruption continues for third day
Disruption to the train services across the country continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday as the running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway continued their movement for restoration of their previous benefits for working extra hours...
Railway employees鈥� movement disrupts train services
Passengers continued to suffer for the second consecutive day on Monday as the running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway continued their movement for restoration of their previous benefits for working extra hours...