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Army seize firearms, drugs from Narail shop, arrest two

A team of Bangladesh Army arrested two men and seized a huge quantity of local firearms, foreign knives, alcohol and stolen mobile phone sets from a grocery at a market in Narail Sadar upazila on Wednesday...

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Derailment halts rail links to three northern dists

Rail communications between Dhaka city and three northern districts remained snapped for over eight hours after derailment of six compartments of a passenger train at Pirgacha in Rangpur about noon on Tuesday.

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JP central office set on fire again

The central office of the Jatiya Party at Kakrail in the capital on Friday evening again came under attack by some unidentified people who vandalised and set the office afire.

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4 cops among 7 sued for harassing train passenger

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...

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Derailment in Dhaka disrupts train communications

Derailment of a compartment of a passenger train near the airport station in the capital on Tuesday disrupted rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of the Bangladesh for about two and a half hours...

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Railway authorities should put in efforts to improve safety issues

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–Parbatipur commuter train in the BDR Gate area on July 28. The incident left at least eight passengers injured, two of...

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NCC Bank opens ATM booth at Shahbagh metro

NCC Bank has commenced rollout of ATM booths across all 16 stations of Mass Rapid Transit Line-6, beginning with inauguration of an ATM booth at Shahbagh metro rail station, said a press release...

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Train operations to face no disruption for special trains: BR

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.

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Flood recedes leaving trail of destruction

Floodwater has started receding at different upazilas in Feni, exposing damage it has caused to the agriculture, road communications, fisheries and livestock sectors across the district...

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CUET holds seminar on Dhaka Metro Rail

Civil engineering department at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday held a seminar titled Operational Challenges and User Experience of Dhaka Metro Rail: Lessons for Emerging Urban Transport System at the CUET in Chattogram.

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Expeditious trial needed to stop rape on running vehicles

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’s toilet as it left Kamalapur station in Dhaka. The accused, an outsourced employee, was detained shortly afterwards. The woman...

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Fire service holds firefighting, rescue drills

The Fire Service and Civil Defence on Wednesday conducted firefighting, rescue, first aid and evacuation drills at Uttara Centre and Bijay Sarani of Dhaka Metro Rail...

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Govt should aim for positive railway earning-expense ratio

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...

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Northern trains run late as locals block tracks

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...