Railway
Trains to run with 50pc passengers from Saturday
Currently, there are 355 passenger trains, including 108 intercity trains, in Bangladesh. Rest are mail, local and commuter trains
Govt considers metro rail projects in other cities
The government has considered designing and undertaking metro-rail projects for Chattogram and other major cities
Accident halts rail communications with Chattogram
Rail communications on Dhaka-Chattogram route remained cut off after a Dhaka-bound train hit a lorry at SKM Jute Mills level crossing in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Tuesday night
Deal signed to procure 580 meter-gauge wagons for railway
Bangladesh Railway has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm to procure 580 meter-gauge wagons, involving Tk over 3.18 billion to expand its freight services across the country
3 dead as train crashes into bus in Narayanganj
Three people were killed, including a 7-year-old child, and at least 20 others were injured when a train hit a bus stuck at a level crossing on Nawab Sirajuddaula road near Narayanganj railway ...
Accidents at level crossings: No liability for deaths, no punishment
Level crossings have become a death trap as some 82 per cent of these crossings across the country remain unprotected and there is no system to control vehicles during the passage of trains
3214 acres of railway land under illegal occupation: Minister
Some 3214 acres of land of Bangladesh Railway are now under the clutches of land grabbers across the country, railways minister Nurul Islam Sujan told parliament on Tuesday
Padma bridge, metro rail, Karnaphuli tunnel
Bangladesh in new era of transport and communication
The government has fast-tracked 10 mega projects including Padma bridge, the construction of connecting railroad on both sides of Padma bridge and metro rail projects. Though Karnaphuli tunnel ...
Railway station closed ‘due to shortage of manpower’
The station lines have now been directly connected to Abdulpur and Ishwardi stations, said Ashok Chakraborty, station master of Natore railway station
110 incidents of stoning trains recorded in 9 months: Minister
A total of 110 incidents of stoning moving trains have been reported till September this year, said railways minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon on Sunday
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