Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
At least 15 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday. An official of the provincial government gave this information. Deputy Commissioner Bolan Agha Samiullah told Reuters the Baloch Liberation Army, a regional separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack, which derailed eight coaches, including the locomotive.
Roads from Dhaka airport to Ghazipur were packed with thousands of pilgrims as they headed back home at the end of the first leg of the Biswa Ijtema, the second-largest gathering of Muslims after Hajj. The pilgrims boarded buses, mini-trucks, push carts and other modes of transport available near the Ijtema Maidan to return home. […]
Metro rail operations in Dhaka were suspended for two hours as a precautionary measure after several sky lanterns left by people on New Year’s Eve clung to electric wires. Operations resumed around 10 am on Sunday after the lines were cleared by the authorities. Addressing the matter, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Managing Director MAN Siddiqui […]
Bithi demanded that the women-friendly facilities be maintained properly. “I have heard that there will be a separate coach for women. It is like a dream for us.” Roman, a resident of Mirpur-12, who gave the same name, said that the people of Mirpur faced the most trouble during the construction of the metro rail. […]
Traveling on train roofs has become almost synonymous to Bangladesh railway. Especially during the Eid vacation hundreds of passengers travel on train roof to meet their families at home. Bangladesh railway don’t have enough trains to meet the demand. But there are some people who travel on train roof to avoid train fair. Some passengers […]
There were three types of railway tracks in Bangladesh, narrow gauge, meter gauge and broad gauge. These three types of tracks were placed during colonial era. Later narrow gauge tracks were replaced. But still Bangladesh railway is divided in two regions for meter gauge and broad gauge tracks. Broad gauge carriages are larger and capable […]
Netrakona bound train ‘Jaria 275 Local’ was set on fire by angry passengers. Some robbers got on the train when it reached to Gouripur. They looted valuables of the passengers and managed to go down when the train was slowed down before entering Shambhu Railway Station. Security is a big concern for rail passengers especially […]
