Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of thousands of people.

DHAKA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds ...

The strike affected operations of about 400 passenger trains, including over 100 inter-city services, and over three dozen freight trains operated by Bangladesh Railway. The railway carries about ...

Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country’s rail network to a halt. The strike ...

The Bangladesh Football Federation has set up a committee after more than a dozen women’s national team players refused to train under coach Peter Butler and accused him of inappropriate behaviour, ...

State-run railway system carries some 65 million passengers per year in the densely populated nation of 170 million people, it employs 25,000 people and operates a network of over 36,000 km Stranded ...

DHAKA: Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country’s rail network to a halt. The strike, which began on ...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board and Nic Pothas have mutually agreed to end his tenure as fielding coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team, ahead of the expiration of his two-year contract. Pothas, ...

Commuters sit on railway tracks as they wait at Tejgaon Railway Station in Dhaka ...

DHAKA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country’s rail network to a halt.

Stranded passengers wait at a railway station after trains across the country have been canceled as railway workers went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, in Dhaka, Bangladesh ...