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Derailment halts Dhaka-Joydebpur rail communication

Train communication between the Dhaka-Joydebpur route remained suspended for half an hour due to the derailment of two train bogies at Dhirasram rail station in Gazipur on Thursday morning...

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Draft rail law allows private train service

The railway authorities have prepared the draft Bangladesh Railway Bill, 2024, by keeping a provision for letting private companies own rolling stock to carry passengers, goods, and parcels...

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Delayed implementation of projects a manifold burden

THE Bangladesh Railway’s failure to complete the Khulna-Mongla railway project and start train services 14 years after the project was taken and seven months after it was inaugurated shows once again the sorry state of project implementation...

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Bangladesh Railway suffers from lack of policy attention

THE development of Bangladesh Railway has not been a priority of successive governments, as evident in the inadequate resource allocation and deflected policy attention from it. A large majority of its rolling stock, including locomotives, passenger carriages, freight wagons, and relief cranes...

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BR burdened with old rolling stock

The Bangladesh Railway is burdened with a large number of locomotives, carriages, wagons and relief cranes running long past their...

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HC orders status quo on tree felling

The High Court on Sunday asked the government authorities to maintain status-quo to prevent felling of roadsides trees on the proposed Jashore-Narail road to...

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NCPSRR urges Bangladesh Railway to maintain existing ticket prices

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads, and Railways, a civil society group, has opposed Bangladesh Railway's decision to eliminate fare discounts starting May 4, which will lead to a significant increase in train fares by 20 to 30 per cent for journeys exceeding 100 km....

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Derailment halts Ctg-Cox’s Bazar rail link

Train communication between Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar route remained suspended since Wednesday morning following the derailments of two compartments and engine of the train at Dulahazra station in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.....

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Railway authorities mustn’t increase train fares

THE Bangladesh Railway’s decision to increase fares on long routes is worrisome as people are already burdened with unprecedented inflation. The authorities have decided to increase the fares by cancelling the distance-based rebate...

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Two dead in Narail road accident

Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident on Narail-Lohagra road at Douatola under Sadar upazila in Narail Thursday night....

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Bus hits metro rail pillar

A city-service bus hit a pillar of the metro rail at Agargaon area in the capital Tuesday afternoon injuring four to five bus passengers...

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Govt urged not to slap VAT on metro rail fare

Different organisations, including the Socialist Party of Bangladesh and Institute for Planning and Development urged Bangladesh government to refrain from imposing value added tax on metro rail fares....

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