Rail operations to resume from tomorrow in Bangladesh

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Aug 11: Bangladesh Railway will resume railway operations from tomorrow, after more than three weeks, the Daily Star wrote.

They will resume the operation of goods trains tomorrow, while mail, express, local and commuter trains will start services on August 13, and intercity trains on August 15.

Tickets for intercity trains will be available online from 5:00 pm on Monday.

However, the operation of Parabat Express and Jamalpur Express trains will remain suspended, Nahid Hasan Khan, director (public relations) of Bangladesh Railway, announced the developments in a press release today.

Operation of passenger trains has been suspended since July 18 amid the nationwide violence centring on the quota reform movement.

Some goods trains continued to operate for one or two days after July 18.

However, BR continued to operate oil tankers carrying trains.