Sale of advance rail tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr will start on July 9.
Published : 21 Jun 2015, 04:47 PM
Railways Minister Mazibul Haque announced the schedule of the sale at a press conference on Sunday.
The Eid will be celebrated in Bangladesh on July 20, subject to the appearance of moon.
The tickets of July 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 for the journey from Dhaka and Chittagong to other places in the country will be sold on July 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 respectively.
The advance tickets will be available at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka and Chittagong Railway Station.
The return tickets to Dhaka and Chittagong from other places in the country after the Eid will be available from July 16 to 20.
Trains for the return journey will operate from July 20 to July 24.
Special arrangements are also made for the sale of advance tickets in Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat.