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Benapole Express to resume operations from Jan 11

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Published: 07:09, 9 January 2024

Benapole Express to resume operations from Jan 11

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Benapole Express train will resume operation from this Thursday (11 January) after remaining suspended for five days due to the arson attack in Dhaka’s Gopibagh area that left four people dead last Friday.

Confirming the matter, Benapole Station Master Shahiduzzaman said the train will leave Benapole for Dhaka at 1 pm on Thursday and will return from Dhaka at 11:45 pm that day.

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Four people were killed after arsonists set fire to the Benapole Express train at Gopibagh in Dhaka on Friday night. After the incident, Bangladesh Railway authorities decided to suspend the movement of Dhalarchar and Benapole Express trains that night.

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