Train services across Bangladesh, including from the capital’s main Dhaka railway station, came to a halt on Tuesday morning as railway staff launched a nationwide strike, demanding the reinstatement of long-standing special allowances.

Train services resumed across the country, including in Dhaka, early Wednesday after the Bangladesh Railway running staff called off

Train services were canceled across Bangladesh on Tuesday as railway staff went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, affecting tens of thousands of passengers and freight transport. Saidur Rahman,

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

Train services across Bangladesh were suspended on Tuesday as railway workers went on strike demanding higher pensions and better benefits. This acti

Trains were cancelled across Bangladesh on Tuesday as railway staff went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, affecting tens of thousands of passengers and freight transport.

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. A long-standing dispute over overtime pay and pension benefits for railway workers led to staff abstaining from work,