From 38 hours to just 12: How new India-Bangladesh rail link can be a game changer for North EastUntil now, traveling from Kolkata to Agartala required a lengthy and circuitous journey, routing passengers through northern West Bengal, A...
01 Nov, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina likely to virtually inaugurate two railway projects, power plant on Nov 1A government official said that Modi and Hasina would likely jointly virtually inaugurate the 1320 MW generation capacity Maitree Super The...
30 Oct, 2023, 09.31 AM IST
Railway Ministry allocates Rs 153.84 crore for Tripura-Bangladesh rail lineThe Rs 862.58 crore Agartala-Akhaura (Bangladesh) railway project is expected to be operational by the end of this year or early next year.
24 Jun, 2023, 06.37 PM IST
China lobbies hard to bag railway contract in Bangladesh despite local authorities' cost concernsET has learnt Bangladesh Railway Authorities sought alternative funding for the project (Akhaura-Sylhet rail upgradation) but certain other...
22 Mar, 2023, 08.49 AM IST
- Raosaheb Patil Danve reviews Agartala – Akhaura rail link project
During his ongoing visit to Tripura, Danve conducted a review meeting with Northeast Frontier Railway (Open Line & Construction) officials ...
22 Apr, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
India evacuates around 200 citizens from Bangladesh through land routeHigh Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das visited the Indian nationals going to Tripura through the Akhaura-Agartala Integr...
28 May, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
Adventz Group’s Texmaco bags Rs 200 crore Agartala-Akhaura Rail Link ProjectOnce completed, the railway link is expected to cut the distance between Agartala and Kolkata by more than 1,000 km.
16 May, 2018, 06.03 PM IST
Agartala-Akhaura rail link to be completed in 2.5 yearsA eight-member team of Bangladesh led by Additional Secretary of Roads and Railway, Sashi Singh and a ten-member delegation of India led by...
19 Oct, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
Bangladeshi minister to attend Indo-Bangla railway programmeAt the same programme, his Indian counterpart Suresh Prabhu will flag off the regular broad gauge train service between Delhi and Agartala.
28 Jul, 2016, 03.09 PM IST
Land acquisition for Bangladesh rail link to start soon"As we have to give notices to the land owners, it will take about three months to complete the process," West Tripura District Magistrate ...
10 Jul, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
Laying of Agartala-Akhaura rail line to be completed by 2017The Centre has sanctioned Rs 580 crore for laying of the five km railway track up to Bangladesh border as it is expected to complete by 201...
09 Feb, 2016, 04.41 PM IST
Centre sanctions funds for Wagah-like border ceremony in TripuraThe Agartala-Akhaura check post is an integrated one which is also the second largest trading centre with Bangladesh after Benapole.
24 Jan, 2016, 04.07 PM IST
Agartala-Akhaura railways link to be completed by 2017The process of laying 15.054 km long railway tracks to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by 2017.
28 Jun, 2015, 07.17 PM IST
Agartala-Akhaura railway link to connect India and Bangladesh; will be completed by 2017Of the 15.054 km track, 5 km would be on Indian and the rest 10 km would be in Bangladesh. The entire project cost would be borne by the In...
28 Jun, 2015, 02.39 PM IST
Constructions of Agartala-Akhaura rail line to begin by JanuaryThe process for laying 15.054 km long railway tracks to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh will start latest by January next.
18 Jun, 2014, 02.32 PM IST
Rail budget 2012: Railways to connect with BangladeshDinesh Trivedi in rail budget 2012 said that railways will take up a project to connect Agartala in Tripura with Akhaura in Bangladesh.
14 Mar, 2012, 06.05 PM IST
- BSNL to lay optic cables connecting Agartala with B'desh town
BSNL will lay Optical Fibre Cable through Bangladesh to connect the state capital with Akhaura, the nearest town in the neighbouring countr...
10 Sep, 2010, 02.11 PM IST