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Train to run on Padma Bridge from opening day: Sujan
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4th May, 2021 08:14:16
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan said on Tuesday train service will begin through the Padma Multipurpose Bridge from the opening day.
“The Padma Bridge will be inaugurated next year and trains will run on the same day from Mawa end to Bhanga in Faridpur,” he said while inspecting railway connection work with the Padma Bridge at Mawa end of the project.
The minister said the Padma Bridge was the dream of millions of people and the constriction of this bridge is a great achievement of the country. The railway section from Dhaka to Jashore is 172 km.
8 special parcel trains to ply in lockdown: Sujan
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DHAKA, April 13, 2021 (BSS) – Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan today said that eight special parcel trains will run from tomorrow to facilitate transportation of all types of agricultural goods in the weeklong lockdown , set to be enforced by the government to prevent the sharp surge of COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.
“Bangladesh Railway has decided to run special trains so that farmers can easily get agricultural products during the lockdown, and people of the country gets the uninterrupted supply of the daily essential commodities,” Sujan said this at a press briefing at Railway Bhaban today, said a press release.
Railways now pro-people sector: Sujan
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THAKURGAON, Feb 22, 2021 (BSS) – Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan today said Bangladesh Railways have now become pro-people and service oriented sector.
“The present government has made a separate ministry for the railways, accelerating its development. Railways have made a comeback,” he said.
The minister said these while addressing as chief guest at a function while inaugurating the newly constructed high and extended platform of Thakurgaon Road rail station here this afternoon.
He said the BNP-Jamaat government had pushed the railways towards destruction and had sacked 12 thousand officials and staff of railways. The present government led by Awami League is developing and modernizing the railways sector, Sujan said.
Mongla-Khulna rail line to be opened by Dec: Sujan
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KHULNA, Jan 31, 2021 (BSS) – Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan today said that the 64-kilometer long new broad gauge rail line from Mongla to Khulna would be inaugurated by December this year as nearly seventy-five per cent of the construction work has already been completed.
“After completion of the construction of the Mongla-Khulna railway line, there would be a radical change in the rail communications in the south eastern region of the country,” said the minister on Saturday after inspecting the construction project.
He added that the neighboring countries including Nepal, Bhutan and India will get the opportunity to increase trade facilities with Bangladesh by using the second largest sea port which would boost the country’s economic growth.