Railway hospitals now open to public
All hospitals operated by Bangladesh Railway will now be open to the general public, in addition to railway staffs and passengers.
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Khilkhet-Kuril road to be closed for 29hrs
The vehicular movement on the road from Khilkhet to Kuril and Bashundhara will be closed for 29 hours starting from Thursday evening due to relocation of lines of the utility services for the under-construction first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh...
Polytechnic students relax rail blockade for meeting with education adviser
Protesting students of different polytechnic institutes across Bangladesh have decided to relax their pre-announced countrywide rail blockade for Thursday due to a meeting with the education adviser...
Train derailment cuts Dhaka鈥檚 rail link with north
Rail communication of Dhaka with the northern parts of the country remained suspended on Sunday afternoon as four wheels of a coach of a train derailed on Dhaka-Tangail rail route in Salna area of Gazipur district.
Jamuna rail bridge cuts journey time for Eid travellers: officials
The opening of the Jamuna Railway Bridge over the River Jamuna added more relief to the mostly hassle-free journey during the just ended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, said Bangladesh Railway officials...
Smoking by passengers blamed for train fire
The Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 probe committee has put down a recent fire incident on a commuter train to smoking by unidentified passengers...
Railway suspects sabotage in commuter train fire
Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 director general Md Afzal Hossain on Friday said that they were considering three reasons, including sabotage, behind the fire incident on a commuter train.
Metro rail resumes service after Eid-day break
Capital鈥檚 most popular public transport 鈥楳etrorail 鈥榬esumed operation today, after one-day official closure on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims....
Narail Sramik Union leader beaten to death
Narail district unit of Sramik Union general secretary was beaten to death over a trifling matter in Lohagara upazila Sunday afternoon....
Metro rail service disruption causes suffering
Metro rail services on Monday were suspended for half an hour on the Uttara-Motijheel route as a train faced glitches in its braking system, causing suffering to commuters.聽
Derailment in Dhaka disrupts rail communications
Derailment of two wagons of a container train on Wednesday disrupted rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of the country for about one and a half hours...
Jamuna Rail Bridge formally inaugurated; trains to run at 120 km per hour
The Jamuna railway bridge was inaugurated on Tuesday, marking the opening of a new window for railway communication.
Metro services resume as DMTCL employees call off work stoppage
The metro rail services in Dhaka were running on schedule after employees of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited called off work stoppage, which began on Monday morning in protest against alleged harassment by MRT police...
Authorities need to address Eid ticket sale irregularities
THE hassle that millions undergo to buy tickets for Eid-time journey has not eased despite some measures having been taken. As the advance sales of tickets for trains and buses began on March 14, people started struggling to buy tickets at affordable prices. Although the Bangladesh Railway transitioned to fully online ticket sales in 2023, getting a ticket has remained...
Man hacked to death by rivals in Narail
A 36-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals over establishing supremacy in Kalia upazila of Narail on Wednesday night, said police...
EID JOURNEY: Advance train, bus tickets from March 14
Bangladesh Railway and the private bus operators are going to start selling advance train and bus tickets from March 14 ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr...
Eid train ticket sales begin from Mar 14
Bangladesh Railway will begin selling of advance train tickets from March 14 on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
Three people injured in crude bomb blast near Narail BNP office
Three people, including a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, were injured in a crude bomb explosion near the BNP office at Gobra Bazar in Narail Sadar on Friday night...
Construction worker dies after falling from Kamalapur metro rail station
A construction worker died after falling from the under-construction metro rail station in the capital鈥檚 Kamalapur on Friday, the police said.
RU students block rail tracks
A group of students from Rajshahi University staged a demonstration on Wednesday by blocking the Dhaka-Rajshahi rail tracks at the university鈥檚 railway station, protesting at the dominance of Dhaka and Dhaka University in government bodies and policymaking...
MRT police deployed on metro train for security
The authorities have deployed MRT police personnel at the Dhaka Metro Rail aimed at ensuring overall security.聽聽
Metro rail鈥檚 weekday schedule revised for Ramadan
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has revised the weekday schedule of the metro rail services for the entire Ramadan month.
150 shanties, 20 garages, sawmill burnt in fire at Karail, Khilgaon
Several hundred people became homeless and a sawmill and about 20 motor garages were burnt in two fire incidents at Karail slum and Khilgaon in the capital of Friday night and early Saturday.
DMTCL employees withdraw pre-scheduled strike
A section of officials and employees of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited on Thursday withdrew a pre-scheduled strike to stop metro rail services from today for independent service rules...
Faruque Ahmed joins DMTCL as managing director
Faruque Ahmed, a Bangladeshi civil engineer having experiences to work on different metro rail projects in different countries, joined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited as the managing director on Wednesday...
Train service halted 11hrs in Sylhet聽
Rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country were suspended for about 11 hours after a compartment of an oil-laden train coming from Chattogram derailed in the Parairchak area under Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet on Saturday.
15 railway staff sued for beating army personnel
A case was filed on Thursday against 15 staff of the western railway on charge of beating a member of the Bangladesh Army at Rajshahi Railway Station on Wednesday night.
People suffer as traffic chaos reigns city roads
Traffic chaos reigned parts of Dhaka on Wednesday due to a road blockade, political programmes and metro rail construction activities, causing immense sufferings to the residents of the capital...
Railway police arrange for woman鈥檚 childbirth
The Airport railway police arranged for a woman鈥檚 childbirth at the platform in Dhaka on Monday...
Container transport in CTG at halt
Prime mover and trailer workers in Chattogram on Wednesday went on strike, demanding justice for a prime mover driver and his assistants who were allegedly assaulted during an altercation between security guards and transport workers at the DC Park in Sitakunda鈥檚 Faujdarhat area...