In Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, the main Kamlapur Railway Station was swarmed by thousands of angry passengers who were not aware of the strike. "I came here at 5:30 a.m. from outside Dhaka.

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.

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 (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 ...

Bangladesh Railways has ordered 40 EMD GT42ACL broad-gauge locomotives from Progress Rail—the first broad-gauge locomotives the company has supplied to Bangladesh. Rated at 3,250 braking horsepower ...

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.

Credit: Mahbub Shaheed / Prometheus-BD via Wikipedia. Bangladesh has started construction on the dual-gauge, double-track Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the Jamuna River. The 4.8km-long ...

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 ...

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 ...

Business Nation & World Trains canceled across Bangladesh as rail union goes on strike Jan. 27, 2025 at 9:45 pm Updated Jan. 27, 2025 at 11:30 pm ...