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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...

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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....

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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...