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...
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...
Three people were killed and several others injured when a regional passenger train derailed in a wooded area in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police said.
In a pre-dawn attack on Sunday, homes and political offices belonging to Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists at Ula village of Lohagara upazila in Narail, were allegedly vandalised by Awami League members...
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.
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...
The Dhaka University metro rail station will be closed at 5:00pm on Monday to facilitate the July uprising revival events on the campus.
A 55-year-old man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a football match at Kulshur village under Kalia in Narail on Friday night...
Costs of two of the three ongoing projects for the construction of mass rapid transit lines, popularly known as metro rail, are likely to increase by about Tk聽1,600 crore...
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.
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 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...
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...
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has urged passengers using the capital鈥檚 metro rail service to wear masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19...
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.
The metro rail services in the capital will remain closed on Eid day, according to an office order of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited that operates the metro rail services...
After spending crores of taka, the lavish plan for constructing an underground metro rail network or subway system, to be known as the Dhaka Subway, is likely to be dropped...
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 Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch has taken a youth into custody for questioning over throwing a water bottle at information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam during a student protest at Kakrail Mosque police barricade on Wednesday night.
People from all walks of life on Wednesday formed a human chain by blocking rail tracks at the Chapainawabganj railway station to press home an eight-point demand, including operations of all Dhaka-bound intercity trains from the station...
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...
In case of any disruption in electricity customer and passenger services it must be announced on television scrolls immediately...