Chuadanga-Dhaka to witness direct rail connectivity via Padma Bridge in July
Starting in July, residents of Chuadanga district will have direct train access to Dhaka, reducing travel time to just five hours....
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Mongla Commuter train on new section from June 1
Bangladesh Railway is scheduled to introduce a commuter train on the new Khulna-Benapole-Mongla route on June 1...
Railway to sell advance Eid tickets from June 2
The Bangladesh Railway is going to sell all advance intercity train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha online from June 2 on different schedules...
Sale of advance train ticket for Eid-ul-Azha to begin June 2
The sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers across Bangladesh will start online from June 2....
Metro rail services halted for about 2.5hrs for rain, power problem
The services of metro rail remained suspended for about two and half hours on Monday morning due to technical problems and rain, said officials of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited...
Truck hits metro rail pillar at Agargaon
A truck laden with soil lost control and rammed the P-364 pillar of the metro rail in the capital鈥檚 Agargaon area on Saturday morning.
Metro rail services halted for 15 mins Saturday
The services of metro rail remained suspended for about 15 minutes on Saturday due to problems with the tracks, said officials of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited.
BR analysing freight, cargo facilities to make future plans
Bangladesh Railway authorities are analysing its container, freight and cargo transportation facilities for taking future plans...
Govt shouldn鈥檛 let train services operation out to private hands
THIS is a good piece of news that the railway authorities, which run keeping to the Railways Act 1890, are updating the legislation understandably to keep pace with the changed context of the modern world...
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...
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...
Delayed implementation of projects a manifold burden
THE Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 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...
Bangladesh Railway to buy 200 carriages from India
The railways authorities on Monday inked a contract with an India-based manufacture and supply company to procure 200 broad gauge carriages for the...
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...
Govt presses on costly project for electric railway
Bangladesh Railway is pressing on with a costly plan for introducing electric traction system along Narayanganj-Dhaka-Chattogram and...
BR burdened with old聽rolling stock
The Bangladesh Railway is burdened with a large number of locomotives, carriages, wagons and relief cranes running long past their...
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...
Bangladesh Railway lacks regard for public safety
THE Bangladesh Railway has proved negligent about the use of substandard materials for repairs, disregarding public safety. A photograph that...
Spl 鈥榤ango train鈥� from June 10
The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway will launch a 鈥榮pecial mango train鈥� on Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route via Rajshahi from June 10 for the...
Former-UP chairman shot to death by unidentified killers in Narail
A former chairman of Mallikpur Union Parishad was shot dead by unidentified killers at Mangal Hata in Lohagara in Narail on Friday night...
Wood, bamboo used in Teesta rail bridge repair work
The Bangladesh Railway is using wooden and bamboo sticks instead of iron equipment at rickety Teesta Rail Bridge in Lalmonirhat, posing high risk of fatal accidents...
Gazipur train collision disrupts communication
Rail communications between Dhaka and the north-western region remained suspended for about three hours on Friday morning after two trains collided...
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....
Derailment halts Ctg-Cox鈥檚 Bazar rail link
Train communication between Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 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鈥檚 Bazar district.....
Railway authorities mustn鈥檛 increase train fares
THE Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 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...
Long route train fares to rise from May 4
After eight years, the Bangladesh Railway is going to increase the fares on long routes from May 4...
Jamuna Express train derailed at Dhaka鈥檚 Karwan Bazar
A coach of Dhaka-bound Jamuna Express train derailed in the Karwan Bazar area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka Wednesday morning.....
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....
Metro rail services to remain closed for two days during eid
The services of metro rail will be closed for two days from Thursday, said officials of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited....
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...