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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]
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) is the main policy setting and recruitment body of BCS. [1] BCS has 26 cadres. In Bangladesh's parliamentary democracy, elected representatives, known as ministers, are ultimately responsible for running the administration. But the handful of ministers cannot be expected to deal personally with the ...
Department of Government Transport is the government department responsible for providing transport to government departments and agencies and maintenance of the government transport pool vehicles in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1]
The Dhaka Circular Railway (Bengali: ঢাকা চক্ররেল, romanized: Dhaka Chokrorel) is a proposed orbital suburban rail system which is expected to serve Dhaka and Greater Dhaka once completed, and reduce traffic marginally in the city.
At the end of the year 2004–2005, Bangladesh Railway had a total of 1,406 coaches. Among them, 1,344 were for conveyance of passengers and 62 were for luggage, mails, parcels and departmental uses. Bangladesh Railway also had 10,236 wagons among which, 7,310 are covered, 1,115 are open and 1,811 are specialized types.
As of 2013, Railway Nirapatta Bahini had about two thousand personnel. It worked with Railway Police to ensure the safety and security of the rail system in Bangladesh. [8] [9] In 2019, the 11th batch of the Railway Nirapatta Bahini graduated and completed their passing parade at Paksey, Pabna District.
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.