Train operations have resumed as the Sylhet-bound Parabat Express left Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station at 1:35pm today.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will not increase the number of trains for now, rather it may reduce the number due to lack of passengers.

Bangladesh Railway has decided to operate three special parcel trains to transport food, daily essentials and perishable goods to Dhaka from different districts amid the nationwide shutdown.

Rail communications from Dhaka to northern districts and Dhaka to southern districts resume 30 hours after a passenger train derailed in Ullapara of Sirajganj yesterday.

Rail communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chattogram resumes four hours after a train derailed in the district’s Fenchuganj upazila.