Rangpur rail blockade
Rail communications between Rangpur and other districts remain suspended for hours every day since Thursday morning as locals enforced an 'indefinite' blockade at Rangpur railway station demanding direct train link with the capital Dhaka. Around 2,000 people, under the banner of Rangpur Division Unnayan Bastobayan Parishad, gathered at the station and started the four-hour blockade programme on the track at about 10:00am. Rail communications on Rangpur-Dinajpur, Rangpur-Kurigram-Lalmonirhat and Khulna-Rajshahi routes were suspended due to the blockade. Meanwhile, four trainsLalmonirhat-Rajshahi, Rangpur-Kurigram, Kurigram-Dinajpur and Rangpur-Lalmonirhar got stranded during the blockade.
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