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The department is responsible for the inspection of raillines and infrastructure in Bangladesh. It is also the lead investigation agencies for major train accidents. [1] [2] [3] In October 2020 Ashim Kumar Talukdar, Railway inspector, visited railway lines in Dhaka and Chittagong to inspect the installation of digital signals. [4]
Bangladesh Railway is a department under the Railway Ministry. It is responsible for the management of 2,791 kilometer rail network of Bangladesh. [4]
It operates and maintains all railways in the country, and is overseen by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Railway. The Bangladesh Railway is governed by the Ministry of Railways and the Bangladesh Railway Authority with a reporting mark known as "BR". [5] The Bangladesh Railway system has a total length of 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi). [6]
The first railway line in Bangladesh was laid in 1862 by the British Raj.At that time Bangladesh didn't exist and its land was part of the Bengal Presidency.On 15 November of that year, Eastern Bengal Railway, the predecessor of Bangladesh Railway, opened the first railway line from Darshana railway station to Jagati railway station.
Train No. Train Name 9–10 Eid SPL: 701–702 Subarna Express: 703–704 Mohanagar (Morning/Night) Express: 705–706 Ekota Express: 707–708 Tista Express
On May 31, 2018, Bangladesh Railway signed an agreement with the China Railway Design Corporation and Mazumder Enterprise. [3] This contract is designed to verify the design and feasibility of proposed high-speed train lines. According to this agreement, feasibility and design work will be completed in December 2019 at a cost of Tk102.10 crore.
Airport railway station or Biman Bandar railway station is a railway station in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. [1] Situated opposite to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport , it can be accessed from the Airport Road .
The Bangladesh Accreditation Board was established on 6 September 2006 by the government of Bangladesh through an act of parliament. [1] [4] The United Nations Industrial Development Organization hired a French-Canadian consultant, Ned Gravel, to improve the practices in the board and this was done under a project funded by the European Union. [5]