The entire Bangladesh would be brought under the rail network by constructing new railways, Railways Minister Md Zillul Hakim said on Thursday. "Railways will be made a safer mode of transport by improving the quality of service," the minister was speaking at a reception organised by Pangsha-Baliakandi and Kalukhali madrasa teachers-employees of Rajbari at Pansha George Government High School ground. No mechanism yet to take action against misinformation from abroad: Mohammad Arafat   The Ministry of Railways will take strict action against black marketers of train tickets. Law enforcers have already arrested several members of this gang and it will continue. There will be no problem in getting the train tickets for the upcoming Eid trip, everyone will get the tickets easily. 'Sahaja'.com, railway employees and some unscrupulous officials are involved in the black market of train tickets, the minister said. Nasrul Hamid trashes demand for removing electricity-run autorickshaws from streets He said that railways were destroyed during the BNP's regime. Now, the BNP wants to destroy the railway system by setting fire to coaches. The authority concerned has been directed to improve the quality of food for the passengers on the train, added the minister. No narcotic substances found in energy drinks: Industries Minister  Among others, Zilla Parishad Chairman Shafiqul Morshed Aruj, Pangsha Upazila Parishad Chairman Farid Hasan Odud, Baliakandi Upazila Parishad Abul Kalam Azad, Pangsha Upazila Awami League President Khondkar Saiful Islam Buro were present.

Rail communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country resumed Sunday afternoon after nearly 24 hours as floodwater started to recede in some areas. Sardar Shahadat Ali, additional Director General (Operation) of Bangladesh Railway, said the railway authorities resumed the train services Sunday afternoon. The rail link with Sylhet was suspended Saturday afternoon due to the worsening flood situation. Read: Rail communication with Sylhet snapped amid flood Sylhet railway authorities made the announcement of suspending train services around 12:55 pm. “As floodwater entered the railway station rail communication has been suspended,” said Nurul Islam, manager of Sylhet Railway Station. Flood situation in Sylhet started turning into a terrible disaster from Thursday afternoon as almost all the upazilas and municipal area went under water. 

The government has decided to keep passenger train services between Rajshahi and other parts of the country suspended from Friday in the wake of the increased detection rate of Covid-19 infection in the frontier districts. The suspension of services will be effective until midnight past June 17, Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, director (public relations) of Bangladesh Railway, said Thursday. Bangladesh Railway came up with the announcement as the local administration has imposed an all-out lockdown in the Rajshahi city for a week, starting 5pm Friday, amid a spike in Covid-19 infections there. Also read: Train services to resume at half capacity from Monday No vehicle will be allowed into Rajshahi city and transports cannot leave the area. However, emergency vehicles are exempt from the lockdown. Rajshahi division confirmed 815 daily cases – the highest in the country — in the past 24 hours until Thursday morning. Eight people died from Covid-19 there during the same period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. Also read: Passenger train services to remain suspended during lockdown: Minister On May 24, regular train services across the country were resumed after suspension of over a month as part of the government restrictions on people's movement to curb coronavirus transmission. However, the authorities were asked to keep 50% of seats vacant for ensuring social distancing. On April 5, passenger train services were suspended across the country as part of a countrywide lockdown – imposed to tackle the second wave of infection.