Bangladesh Railway is going to restore its passenger train services for eight days from July 15-22 across the country keeping 50 per cent of the seats empty apparently to facilitate the movement of people during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
A notification in this regard with further details will be issued by the Cabinet Division soon, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon on Monday.
He said the train tickets will, however, be available online and not at any ticket counter.
A record rise in the number of Covid cases and fatalities in recent days prompted the government to enforce a nationwide lockdown suspending all the public transport services, including passenger trains.
Now the nationwide lockdown, first imposed for a week until July 7 midnight, has been extended for another week until July 14 midnight as the Covid infections keep spreading across the country.