A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to conduct a survey to identify the risky and damaged rail line and rail bridges across the country.

With 72 percent locomotives of Bangladesh Railway already crossing their economic life, the government considers hiring locomotives from India for the first time to help the railway overcome the crisis.

The new non-stop intercity train Banalata Express witnesses a dearth of passengers for non-air-conditioned coaches as it begins commercial operation on Rajshahi-Dhaka-Rajshahi route with a higher fare.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the intelligence and law enforcement agencies were on alert as attempts were underway to carry out terror attacks in Bangladesh.

The government will launch an app for selling rail tickets in April, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says.

Bangladesh Railway mulls hiking passenger and freight fares to improve services and minimise losses.

Construction of a rail track around the capital is expected to begin in June next year, to further ease the city's perennial traffic woes, officials said.

Indonesia’s state-owned train maker PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka) sends 15 train cars to Bangladesh, a portion of 250 train cars to be exported to the country in 2019 after the company exported 200 train cars to the country in 2006 and 2016.

Rail communication of Dhaka with the country’s southern and northern parts remain halted for around two hours due to damage of some railway sleepers in Bhangura upazila of Pabna.

Md Osman (not his real name), a railway official, was admitted to Bangladesh Railway Hospital in Chattogram last week for acute stomach aches.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday signed a contract with a joint venture company, for the construction of a rail line to link the under-construction Rooppur nuclear power plant with the country's rail network. The agreement was signed at a programme held at the Rail Bhaban in the capital.

A railway link will be constructed to link the under-construction Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh’s only nuke project, with Pabna’s Ishwardy.

Bangladesh Railway inks a deal to design a train that will be able to make the journey between Dhaka and port city Chittagong in just two hours.

Bangladesh Railway is to begin sale of advance train tickets on June 1 ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to ensure hassle-free journey for holidaymakers.

The Bangladesh Railway would begin advance tickets sale from June 2 to ensure hassle-free journey for the Eid-ul-Fitr holidaymakers.

Lawsuits, allegations of irregularities and question paper leaks have marred recruitment in the eastern zone of Bangladesh Railway, resulting in around 35 percent posts being left vacant for years.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $360 million as loans to Bangladesh so the country can support its ongoing reform in the railway sector. The money will also be used to buy modern rolling stock Bangladesh Railway and to promote an overall shift from roads to rail, the ADB says in a news release on its website.

Bangladesh Railway signs a deal with an Indonesian company to procure 200 meter gauge passenger coaches involving Tk 579.38 crore to provide modern, safe and comfortable passenger service.

Western Railway Zone needs over Tk 20 crore to repair around 100km of rail lines damaged by the recent flood in Dinajpur, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Thakurgaon, said Bangladesh Railway officials on Monday.

Rail link of Dhaka with northern and south-western districts is restored a day after its suspension as floodwater damaged a rail bridge in Kalihati upazila of Tangail.