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An effective train freight system can benefit all
| Updated at 12:00am on January 11, 2020
The state-owned Container Company of Bangladesh not coming into operation even four years after its formation is worrying. A fully-functional container company could substantially ease...
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Railway recovers 259.57 acres occupied land in 2019
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:46am on January 08, 2020
Railways minister Nurul Islam Sujon on Tuesday said that they recovered 259.57 acres of occupied lands of Bangladesh Railway in 2019. ‘We are trying to...
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Unauthorised level crossings must be taken care of
| Updated at 12:00am on January 05, 2020
FATAL accidents in unguarded level crossings have been a cause of concern. On December 24, 2019 two labourers died as a train hit a trolley...
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Steps fail to ensure road safety, better rly service in Bangladesh
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 11:54pm on December 27, 2019
Safety and discipline on roads and quality railway service was elusive in 2019. Though the government made huge investments in infrastructural projects communication by road...
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Govt must be evenly focused on railway development
| Updated at 12:00am on December 25, 2019
THE Bangladesh Railway’s move for an elevated electric traction system for high-speed trains between Dhaka and Chattogram — despite having a double-line system in the...
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Railway restricts ticket booking
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:29am on December 24, 2019
Bangladesh Railway has recently restricted its ticket booking facility, barring general people’s access to the facility. From now on, only people with auto quota would...
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Only celebrations won’t stem decline in railway services
| Updated at 12:00am on December 05, 2019
THE Bangladesh Railway, which runs the largest public transport system, counted Tk 17.38 billion in losses in the 2019 financial year, as official statistics say,...
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Bangladesh Railway in quagmire
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:00am on December 04, 2019
Bangladesh Railway is limping with serious problems like disruption in train schedules, ticket crisis and huge losses due to lack of technical and sustainable initiatives,...
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Four railway staff held for interrogation
Our Correspondent . Sirajganj | Updated at 12:36am on November 16, 2019
Police detained four Bangladesh Railway employees on Friday for interrogation on the derailment of Rangpur Express and subsequent fire on it at Ullapara railway station...
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Probe finds drivers, guard responsible for Kasba train accident
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:21am on November 16, 2019
A probe committee, formed by Bangladesh Railway over the fatal train accident at Kasba in Brahmanbaria, submitted its report on Friday holding loco master, assistant...
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