Train operations resume

Train operations have resumed across the country after the halt of its operations for realizing various demands.

The Sylhet-bound Parabat Express left Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station at 1:35pm on Wednesday.

The development was confirmed to The Daily Samakal at 2:15 pm on Wednesday by the President of the Railway Running Staff and Employees Workers Association Rafiq Chowdhury.

Bangladesh Railway running staff, including locomasters, halted all train operations across the nation early Wednesday to press their demands for higher allowances and retirement benefits.

The train operations started as railways minister, the secretary and other senior officials met with the protesting locomasters at Kamalapur Railway Station in the morning to resolve the issue.

After the meeting, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said that he will meet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss the demands on April 19.