Bangladesh Railway is going to restore its passenger train services for eight days from July 15-22 across the country keeping 50% of the seats empty apparently to facilitate the movement of people during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
A notification in this regard with further details will be issued by the Cabinet Division soon, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon on Monday.
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He said the train tickets will, however, be available online and not in any ticket counter.
A record rise in the number of Covid cases and fatalities in recent days prompted the government to enforce a nationwide lockdown suspending all the public transport services, including passenger trains.
Now the nationwide lockdown, first imposed for a week until July 7 midnight, has been extended for another week until July 14 midnight as the Covid infections keep spreading across the country.