According to the decision, BR will onboard all the intercity city trains from August 15 to 30. “BR currently operates 17 pairs of intercity passenger trains among dozens of destinations, which will gradually be increased to 100 pairs by this month,” said Ministry of Railway Senior Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam. “Although all the intercity trains are being on boarded into fleet, the decision to sell tickets for 50% of the capacity of each train will remain unchanged,” he added. Once the public holiday lifted, train services resumed partially from May 31 on a limited scale, while allowing only eight pairs of trains. Nine pairs of passenger trains were added to the operational fleet after a couple of days.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 09, 2020 09:45 UTC