The Dhaka-Jashore rail line via the Padma Bridge is going to open in July, but Bangladesh Railway may not able be to reap the full benefit of the expensive project soon mainly due to shortages of manpower and carriages.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and other family members collected tickets from the ticket booths at Mawa station at 12:53pm

A freight train of Bangladesh Railway successfully completed a test run between Bhanga and Mawa station via the Padma bridge today

A state-run Chinese company has proposed investing and constructing the Bhanga-Payra Port railline on a public-private partnership model.

A Chinese state-run company wants to set up a research and development centre for Bangladesh Railway (BR) in a joint venture with the BR. 

The cost of the Padma Bridge rail link, the construction of which is yet to start in full swing, has gone up by Tk 4,269 crore due to escalating land acquisition expenditure and delay in project implementation.

The government is going to start constructing the Padma Bridge rail link in a month and 23 kilometres of the 215km rail lines would be elevated.

Bangladesh and China signed a $2.6 billion loan deal on the Padma bridge rail link project yesterday.

The Chinese State Council, the highest policymaking body of the East Asian nation, has finally given the go-ahead to the $3.14 billion

Bangladesh and China are going to sign final deals on the Padma Bridge Rail Link and four other projects involving $6.8 billion by this year.

The government yesterday allocated Tk 41,241 crore for having a better rail and road connectivity between the capital and the southern part of the country to reap the maximum benefit from the Padma Bridge Project.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the much-talked about Tk 34,988 crore project of Padma Bridge rail link from Dhaka to Jessore.