A group of students, who were scheduled to take an admission test at Rajshahi University, block train tracks at the Airport Railway Station in Dhaka at about 9:00am on Wednesday, demanding tickets of Rajshahi-bound Nilsagar Express. Rail communications between capital and the rest of the country, except Narayanganj, remained suspended for three and half hours due to the protest. — Focus Bangla Train movement between Dhaka and other parts of the country remained suspended for three and half an hour on Wednesday as some admission seekers put up barricade on rail tracks at Airport Rail Station demanding tickets to go to Rajshahi for admission test, reports UNB.
Sardar Shahadat Ali, additional director general (operation) of Bangladesh Railway said a group of admission seekers took position on rail tracks at Airport station around 9:30 am as they failed to get tickets to go to Rajshahi to appear for the university admission test.
Rajshahi-bound 'Nilsagar Express' train and other trains at different stations remained stranded due to the protests, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.
The protesters also said the railway authorities told them that all the tickets of the Rajshahi-bound train were sold.
The train communication was restored around 12:30 pm.
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