In this regard, the VAT Division of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued an office order on Thursday expressing its inability to waive tax on the country's first metro rail. At present, the Metro Rail has the privilege of tax exemption till the end of the current financial year. The operating authority, Dhaka Mass […]
Meanwhile, the private company Shohoz.com, which was contracted to sell tickets, was blamed for black marketing of train tickets and law enforcement officials arrested some of their employees. The press release said the company denied the allegations and said it was being blamed for train ticket racketeering that had been going on for years, even […]
Like trains, advance bus tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr are also being sold online. As a result, although advance bus ticket sales have started, there is not as much crowd at the bus terminals. Speaking about selling tickets online, Ramesh Chandra Ghosh, managing director of Shyamoli Paribahan and president of Bangladesh Bus-Truck Owners Association, told Prothom Alo […]
Trains for West Zone: Most tickets sold out within 15 minutesRailways has started the sale of advance tickets for the Eid journey from today, Tuesday, April 5. Today was the third day of selling advance train tickets in the western region. Sources said that 10,291 tickets were sold within 15 minutes of the start of […]
Advance train tickets for April 3 will be available on Sunday, April 4 tickets will be sold on March 25, April 5 tickets on March 26, April 6 tickets on March 27, April 7 tickets will be sold on March 29 and advance tickets will be sold on March 29. Will be available on March […]
He said that passengers will be able to buy tickets for April 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 on March 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 respectively. He informed that the sale of return train tickets for April 13 will start from April 3. He said that 100 per cent railway […]
Passengers faced trouble on the second day of buying train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr as online services started functioning at 8:00 am on Saturday. Some passengers said that they were unable to buy tickets due to server down. Some alleged that they could not buy tickets due to payment difficulties. Railway officials, however, said that […]
All advance tickets for travel on upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr will be sold online to avoid overcrowding at railway stations for tickets and to facilitate passengers to book tickets from home in a hassle-free manner. A press release from the Ministry of Railways states that passengers will be able to buy tickets from April 17 to April […]
How to book tickets: Passengers aged 12-18 can purchase tickets separately using their parent’s account or by creating an account using their birth certificate. In that case, the recipient must keep a copy of the birth certificate. Foreigners can use their passports for registration. One cannot buy inter-district train tickets without successful verification of their […]
Bangladesh Railway has made National Identity (NID) card mandatory for passengers to purchase tickets to prevent black marketing of tickets and impose fines on those traveling without tickets. Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujon gave this information in a press conference at Rail Bhavan on Wednesday. More to follow…
Earlier on September 22 last year, four transport companies had started e-ticketing on a trial basis. This advanced system of fare collection was first implemented when on November 13 last year, buses of 30 companies of Mirpur zone came under e-ticketing. Problems do arise when any new system is implemented and e-ticketing was no exception. […]
The cards will initially be available at metro rail stations and the concerned authorities have taken initiative to appoint several firms to sell the cards outside the stations. One can get MRT pass by registering on DMTCL (Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited) website and app. Registration will open on Thursday. No registration will be required […]