“We’ve relaunched all the rail links to the northern region. Now we want to restore the links that Pakistan closed after its 1965 war with India,” she said. Besides development of communication, Bangladesh Railway will make more profits once the rail links to India reopen, Hasina hopes. Rail links between India and Bangladesh reopened in 2008 through the Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express in 2008 and Khulna-Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express in 2017 after a long time. The authorities are also working to restore some routes like Haldibari-Chilahati and Akhaura-Agartala to increase rail links between the two countries.

Source: bd News24 October 16, 2019 13:30 UTC