January 28, 2025 3:28 PM

Bangladesh train services hit as staff strike over benefits

Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of thousands of people. A long-standing dispute over overtime pay and pension benefits for railway workers led to staff abstaining from work, its union said, adding that they had given the authorities until Monday to meet their demands. The strike affected operations of about 400 passenger trains, including over 100 inter-cit...