Trains canceled across Bangladesh as rail union goes on strike
- Trains were canceled across Bangladesh on Tuesday due to a strike by railway staff for higher pensions and benefits, impacting tens of thousands of passengers and freight transport.
- The main Kamlapur railway station in Dhaka saw hundreds of disappointed passengers unaware of the strike, with authorities arranging buses as an alternative.
- Saidur Rahman, acting president of the Bangladesh Railway Running Staff and Workers Union, stated the strike would continue indefinitely without government acceptance of their demands.
- Fouzul Kabir Khan, the railway affairs adviser, called the nationwide strike 'regrettable' and urged protesters to end it, stating that 'doors for discussion' were open to resolve the standoff.
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