A long-standing dispute over pension and other benefits has prompted Bangladesh’s railway staff to call an indefinite strike. Thousands of passengers are stranded.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Trains were canceled across Bangladesh on Tuesday as railway staff went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, affecting tens of thousands of passengers and ...

Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country’s rail network to a halt. Skip to main content.

Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of thousands of people.

Bangladesh Railway on Sunday morning started selling advance train tickets for the June 4 journey ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. This year to ease the process for passengers, 100% of tickets for regular ...

We are honored to be chosen again by the railway to assist in the future growth and development of Bangladesh, this time with an important focus on the broad-gauge rail network.” “The 40 broad-gauge ...

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has clarified that a temporary mandap was removed from its land in the Khilkhet area on Thursday after completing all legal procedures. “Attempts to spread confusion are being ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh signed a deal with Britain’s DP Rail on Tuesday to develop a $7.5 billion (6.06 billion pounds) rail track, the biggest ever railway project in the country. The 240 ...

The Bangladesh Government has signed a new agreement with two companies to carry out a feasibility study and detailed design works to build a high-speed railway between the capital Dhaka and seaport ...

The railway bridge will be built 300m upstream of the Bangabandhu Bridge. Credit: Mahbub Shaheed / Prometheus-BD via Wikipedia. Bangladesh has started construction on the dual-gauge, double-track ...

A train is seen parked at a railway station after trains across the country have been canceled as railway workers went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, in Dhaka, Bangladesh ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Trains were canceled across Bangladesh on Tuesday as railway staff went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, affecting tens of thousands of passengers and ...