India and Bangladesh benefit from additional cross-border rail services

Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina jointly launched new rail and bus services between India and Bangladesh. The two prime ministers launched the Maitree Express train that will run between Kolkata and Khulna in Bangladesh and bus services between Kolkata and Dhaka via Khulna.
The two leaders also restored officialy a defunct rail link between the two South Asian countries, running between Radhikapur in north Bengal and Biral in Bangladesh and flagged off a cargo consignment of diesel from the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam.


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