Indian Railways Suspends All Train Operations to Bangladesh

The affected trains include the Kolkata-Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express (13109/13110), Kolkata-Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express (13107/13108), Kolkata-Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express, and Dhaka-New Jalpaiguri-Dhaka Mitali Express, which has been suspended since June 21. These developments came after violent clashes between police and protesters resulted in over 100 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries on Sunday.

“With yesterday’s count, the death count in anti-government protests crossed 300 in just three weeks, making it the bloodiest period in the history of Bangladesh’s civil movement,” the country’s leading daily ‘The Daily Star’ reported. The student-led non-cooperation movement put immense pressure on the government led by Prime Minister Hasina over the past many weeks.

The students had been protesting against a 30 per cent reservation in government jobs for relatives of freedom fighters who wrested independence for Bangladesh from Pakistan in a bloody civil war in 1971. General Waker-Uz-Zaman also mentioned that he will be meeting President Mohammed Shahabuddin soon.

He also urged citizens to trust the Bangladesh Army, assuring them that the defence forces will ensure peace in the coming days. *(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.

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