People blockaded the railway tracks on Saturday at Sylhet and six other junctions and stations in Sylhet division, pressing for an eight-point demand, including the addition of two new trains on the Sylhet-Dhaka and Sylhet-Cox鈥檚 Bazar routes....
The Asian Development Bank has proposed a Tk 4,200 crore project to modernise and enhance the production capacity of the country鈥檚 largest Saidpur Railway Workshop...
The Bangladesh Army on Sunday morning conducted a special drive at the Airport Railway Station in the capital and seized foreign firearms and explosives, said a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against 18 current and former officials of Bangladesh Railway on charges of embezzling over Tk 2 crore in the purchase of equipment.
The Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid on the Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 western headquarters in Rajshahi city on Wednesday, following allegations of misappropriation of nearly Tk 4 crore in the purchase of stones and other railway equipment...
An engineer of the Bangladesh Railway was killed in a road accident Tuesday night at Kulaura in Moulvibazar while he was returning home after a rescue operation of a derailed train at Moglabazar in Sylhet...
FREQUENT incidents of train derailment have become a grim reflection of a declining railway system. Ageing infrastructure, inadequate maintenance and mismanagement have pushed the network to a critical stage, jeopardising passenger safety and crippling connectivity. The derailment of four compartments of the Sylhet-bound Udayan Express on October 7 at Moglabazar...
The Dhaka railway detective branch police early Tuesday arrested a second suspect in connection with a robbery where passengers were held hostage on the roof of the Mahanagar Express train Saturday night...
Bangladesh Railway is going to run four special trains during the celebration of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country.
Bangladesh Railway is going to run four special trains during the celebration of the Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.
Bangladesh Railway has announced plans to operate four pairs of special trains on the Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Cox鈥檚 Bazar routes during the upcoming Durga Puja holidays.
A train passenger on Thursday filed a case against four policemen, including the in-charge of the Shaistaganj railway police outpost in Habiganj, and three other individuals, allegedly for harassing him at Shayestaganj Railway Station at midnight past August 19...
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling military junta said on Sunday a colonial-era bridge that was once the world鈥檚 highest railway trestle had been 鈥榖ombed and destroyed鈥� by anti-coup armed groups...
Five tankers of an oil-tanker train derailed at the Amnura junction area in Chapainawabganj on Sunday.
Burundi鈥檚 President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a historic railway that will connect the country to Tanzania鈥攖he nation鈥檚 first rail network...
YET another train collision in Lalmonirhat lays bare the appalling state of railway safety, constrained by mismanagement and institutional negligence. Two air-conditioned compartments of the Lalmoni Express derailed after it had collided with the Burimari鈥揚arbatipur commuter train in the BDR Gate area on July 28. The incident left at least eight passengers injured, two of...
Bangladesh Railway in a statement on Friday said there will be no disruption of normal train services due to approving the operation of four pairs of special trains tomorrow following the Jamaat-e-Islami's application on the occasion of its grand rally.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Dhaka today to press the party鈥檚 seven-point demand.
The Bangladesh Railway authorities on Thursday demolished a makeshift Durga temple constructed on its land in the capital鈥檚 Khilkhet area...
THE rape of a woman allegedly by a temporary railway employee on board the Rangpur Express on June 25 is yet another disturbing reminder of the unsafe condition that women face in public transports. The incident took place in the train鈥檚 toilet as it left Kamalapur station in Dhaka. The accused, an outsourced employee, was detained shortly afterwards. The woman...
THE Bangladesh Railway keeps incurring a huge amount of losses although it has received large budgetary allocations over the years. In six financial years from 2019 to 2024, the revenue that the railway authorities could earn is Tk 91.29 billion against the target of Tk 134.28 billion. But, the authorities had to spend Tk 192.58 billion in the six financial years, taking the loss...
The Bangladesh Railway continues to incur huge losses despite big budgetary allocations over the years.
The trains on the northern routes ran late throughout Wednesday as demonstrators blocked tracks at a railway station at Charghat upazila in Rajshahi for about two and a half hours, demanding a scheduled stop for intercity trains at the station...
Bangladesh Railway on Friday suspended its four staff after three people, including a toddler, were killed and six others injured when a passenger train hit several vehicles on the Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram on Thursday night.
Bangladesh Railway on Sunday morning started selling advance train tickets for June 4 journey ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha...
Bangladesh Railway on Friday urged all not to set up makeshift cattle markets adjacent to railway track or on its ground without prior permission.
The railway police in Dhaka in a drive arrested mugger Yasin and his three associates in Dhaka on Saturday night.
The railway police in Dhaka in a drive arrested mugger Yasin and his three associates in Dhaka on Saturday night...
People from all walks of life on Thursday staged demonstrations by blocking railway tracks at the Nandangachhi railway station at Charghat upazila in Rajshahi, demanding a scheduled stop for intercity trains at the station.
Railway police recovered the body of a man near railway tracks in Rajshahi city on Wednesday morning...
