No decision made on resuming train services: railway DG
The director general of Bangladesh Railway, Sardar Shahadat Ali, said on Thursday that no decision was made on when Bangladesh Railway would resume its services.
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PM visits metro rail station vandalised during protests
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina visited the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur 10 in Dhaka on Thursday morning....
Metro rail services to resume one week later if situation improves
The authorities said on Sunday that services of the metro rail in the capital would be resumed at least one week later when the situation would improve...
Metro rail services closed for indefinite period
The authorities have closed services of the metro rail for an indefinite period from today considering 鈥榩ublic safety鈥�.
Train operation suspended for indefinite period
The authorities suspended railway services across the country for an indefinite period on Saturday due to passengers鈥� safety...
Metro rail services stopped at 5:30pm
The services of metro rail have been stopped at 5:30pm on Thursday for the public safety...
Students鈥� blockade snaps rail link between Dhaka, rest of Bangladesh
Rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of Bangladesh were snapped Thursday afternoon as students demanding quota reform in government jobs blocked the rail track at Mohakhali area in the capital....
Quota protesters鈥� blockades on tracks disrupt rail communications across Bangladesh
Rail communications across Bangladesh disrupted on Monday as students blocked the rail tracks at different places including Rajshahi, Chattogram and Mymensingh demanding cancellation of the High Court order that reinstated 30 per cent quotas for freedom fighters鈥� children and grandchildren in government jobs....
Metro rail services disrupted as power supply goes off
The services of metro rail remained suspended for about half an hour on Sunday as electricity supply was suspended, said officials of Dhaka Mass Transit...
Many railway, road projects miss deadlines
Over a dozen important railways and road infrastructure projects missed deadlines in June this year, delaying the benefit from their utility, while raising...
100 families in Narail become homeless due to erosion of River Madhumati
The erosion of the River Madhumati has turned serious at village Ramkantapur in Lohagara upazila of the southwestern district leaving up to a hundred families homeless, according to local public representatives...
Govt lying about rail corridor, MoUs with India: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government was deceiving the people of the country by spreading lies about granting...
Lightning kills 3, injures one in Narail
Three people were killed and another was injured in lightning in Narail Sadar upazila on midnight past Sunday....
Three people killed, another injured by lightning strike in Narail
Three people were killed and another was injured in lightning in Narail Sadar upazila on Sunday midnight...
No decision yet on metro rail fare hike
No decision has been made till Sunday night over the metro rail fare hike from Monday following the exemption of the Value Added Tax on tickets.....
India-Bangladesh rail deal jeopardises national security: Mukti Council聽
Jatiya Mukti Council held a rally on Friday in Dhaka to protest against the agreement signed between Bangladesh and India, which provide rail corridor facilities to...
Fire in freight train disrupts services on Chattogram route
Rail communications between Chattogram and the rest of the country were disrupted for three hours after a fire broke out in the locomotive of a goods train in the...
Female passenger raped in running train, 3 catering service staff arrested
The Railway Police on Wednesday arrested three staff of Bangladesh Railway's catering service allegedly for raping a female passenger in a moving train, Udayan Express, on the Sylhet-Chattogram route in the early hours of the day....
Over 40pc works of Metro Rail鈥檚 Motijheel-Kamalapur section completed
Over 40 per cent of the construction for the Motijheel to Kamalapur section of the Dhaka Metro Rail project has been completed, with significant progress reported.....
Ctg-Cox鈥檚 Bazar train service extended by one month
Amid the demand for regularising the special train service on the Chittagong-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route, the railways authorities on Sunday took a decision to extend the service till July 24 this year...
Holidaymakers suffer in tailbacks, train schedule disruption
Travails of homebound holidaymakers began as they started leaving Dhaka city in large numbers on Friday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha amid long tailbacks on the highways and train schedule disruptions...
Schedules of metro rail to change from June 19
The schedules of the metro rail will be changed from June 19 following the change in the timing in the public offices to facilitate the people...
HC order on cheap rent for metro rail canteen June 30
The High Court on Wednesday set June 30 for starting hearing of the rule it issued earlier questioning the legality of awarding a contract to a private company with Tk 1,000 as monthly rent to operate 7,580 square feet staff canteen at Uttara Depot of MRT Line-6...
Circular railway to be built around Dhaka: minister
Railways minister Md Zillul Hakim on Monday told the Jatiya Sangsad that 230 projects, worth Tk 5.53 lakh crore, had been planned to construct circular railways around Dhaka city till 2045....
Man killed after being hit by train in city
A man was killed after he was hit by a train while crossing the Mohakhali rail crossing in the capital...
BR starts selling advance Eid ticket online
Bangladesh Railway on Sunday began the sale of the advanced tickets on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha as all tickets will be available online...
Chuadanga-Dhaka to witness direct rail connectivity via Padma Bridge in July
Starting in July, residents of Chuadanga district will have direct train access to Dhaka, reducing travel time to just five hours....
Mongla Commuter train on new section from June 1
Bangladesh Railway is scheduled to introduce a commuter train on the new Khulna-Benapole-Mongla route on June 1...
Railway to sell advance Eid tickets from June 2
The Bangladesh Railway is going to sell all advance intercity train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha online from June 2 on different schedules...
Sale of advance train ticket for Eid-ul-Azha to begin June 2
The sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers across Bangladesh will start online from June 2....