Of the 120 coaches, 60 have already arrived.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday launched a new train—‘Sonar Bangla Express’—between Dhaka and Chittagong.
She also re-launched the Silk City express between Dhaka and Rajshahi with newly built Indian coaches.
Bangladesh and India signed the first-ever line of credit pegged at $1 billion in 2010, but India later converted $200 million of the loan money into grants.
It was the largest ever one-time assistance offered by India to any country.
The new coaches have aluminium bodies, German LHB technology, and FIAT bogey with disc brakes.
The AC coaches have 15 Ton ACs and the non-ac coaches have 36 fans in each.
There is a pantry in AC and Non AC chair cars for passengers’ convenience. The coaches have been built in India’ railway coach factory in Kapurthala, Punjab.
Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Additional Secretary & Finance and Financial Advisor of the Ministry of External Affairs Sumith Jerath also attended the programme, among others.