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Hasina, Modi likely to open Dhaka-Jalpaiguri rail service
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:48pm on March 02, 2021
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi are expected to jointly inaugurate a passenger train on the Dhaka-Jalpaiguri route on...
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Derailment halts train link with Sylhet
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:37pm on February 05, 2021
The train communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country remained suspended for at least 22 hours on Friday after the derailment of 10...
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Dhirendra Nath Mazumder railway acting DG
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:24pm on February 01, 2021
The Ministry of Railways on Monday appointed Dhirendra Nath Mazumder as acting director general of the Bangladesh Railway. The ministry issued a circular in this...
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Most Bangladesh Railway projects at slow pace
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 11:59pm on January 30, 2021
Many of the Bangladesh Railway projects are progressing at a slow pace, raising project costs and causing delays in introducing desired services. Experts said that...
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Railway official sued over rape in Rajshahi
United News of Bangladesh . Rajshahi | Updated at 12:52am on January 21, 2021
A was filed against an official of Bangladesh Railway, Rajshahi as he allegedly raped a housewife in Boalia area of Rajshahi town. The accused was...
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3 railway officials suspended over involvement in irregularities
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:07am on January 10, 2021
Three Bangladesh Railway officials have been suspended for their involvement in financial irregularities. The railways ministry in separate circulars suspended the officials on...
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Gatekeeper killed as train hits truck at Phulbari
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:58pm on December 22, 2020
A gatekeeper was killed when a freight train hit a paddy-carrying truck on the Rail Gate Bazar level crossing under the Phulbari rail station in...
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Railway probe blames bus driver, gatesman, RHD
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:09am on December 22, 2020
A probe committee formed by the Bangladesh Railway has found the gatesman, bus driver and the Roads and Highways Department responsible for the train-bus collision,...
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Rail communications in northern region resume
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:15pm on December 19, 2020
Rail communications between the northern region and rest of Bangladesh had resumed after about eight hours which snapped following a train-bus collision at Puranapoil Rail...
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Railway DG Shamsuzzaman under ACC scanner
Ahammad Foyez | Updated at 12:14am on December 14, 2020
The Anti-Corruption Commission has initiated an inquiry against Bangladesh Railway director general Md Shamsuzzaman over his alleged involvement in accumulation of illegal wealth and money...