Rising Bengal Dhaka Bureau: Bangladesh Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan said that 8 special lateral trains will run from tomorrow to facilitate the movement of all types of goods trains as well as agricultural products during the Corona period He said, "Life and livelihood have to be kept running amid Corona.

Bangladesh Railway has decided to run special lateral trains so that the farmers can easily transport agricultural products during the lockdown Railways have run lateral trains including Mango Special Train, Cattle Train at different times in the past Railways are currently transporting oil, fertilizers and other goods Eight lateral trains will run from tomorrow to facilitate the transportation of agricultural products.

Goods trains on the Dhaka-Sylhet route leave Dhaka at 3: 30pm and reach Sylhet at 2: 30pm Another train leaves Sylhet at 7: 45am and reaches Dhaka at 6: 30pm On the Chittagong-Sarisabari route leaves Chittagong at 3: 00pm and reaches Sarisabari at 4: 30am A train leaves Sarisabari at 5: 30am and reaches Chittagong at 6: 40pm.

Also on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays (Khulna-Chilahati) - leaving Khulna at 3: 30pm and arriving Chilahati at 2: 30am On Sundays, Tuesdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, the'Chilahati-Khulna'route leaves Chilahati at 3: 30pm and reaches Khulna at 2: 30am On Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays, 1 train runs from Bir Muktijoddha Sirajul Islam to Dhaka.

On Fridays, 1 train leaves Bir Sirajul Islam Station at 1: 00pm and reaches Dhaka Bir Sirajul Islam Station at 3: 00am On Sundays, the'Muktijoddha'train leaves Dhaka at 1: 00am, reaches Bir Sirajul Islam Islam Bridge at 6: 00am, and reaches Bir Sirajul Islam Islam Bridge at 6: 00am on Fridays, and reaches Bir Sirajul Islami Road at 1: 00am on Thursdays.

Lateral goods transported between Dhaka-Chittagong, Dhaka-Sarisabari and Chittagong-Sylhet will be sent to the destination through luggage van connection / disconnection at Bhairab Bazar and Akhaura stations Luggage van carrying goods on Khulna-Dhaka route used to be disconnection at Ishwardi station: Bir Muktijoddha Sirajul Islam The special lateral train will carry agricultural goods like vegetables, indigenous fruits and other agricultural goods at 25% discount on the basic fare and all other charges will be waived.

Secretary of the Ministry of Railways Md Salim Reza, Director General of Railways Dhirendra Nath Majumder, Additional Director General of Operations Sardar Shahadat Ali were present at the briefing.