Train services to resume for eight days from 15 July: Minister

Prothom Alo English Desk

Dhaka

Representational image. A train crosses a bridge over the Jamuna river in northwestern Bangladesh. China Railway Group said it won a US$3.1 billion project to build a rail network in the countryAFP file photo

Bangladesh Railway is set to resume its passenger train services for eight days from 15-22 July across the country keeping 50 per cent of the seats empty apparently to facilitate the movement of people during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

A notification in this regard with further details will be issued by the cabinet division soon, said railways minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon on Monday, reports UNB.

He said the train tickets will, however, be available online and not in any ticket counter.

A record rise in the number of Covid cases and fatalities in recent days prompted the government to enforce a nationwide lockdown suspending all the public transport services, including passenger trains.

Now the nationwide lockdown, first imposed for a week until 7 July midnight, has been extended for another week until 14 July midnight as the Covid infections keep spreading across the country.