Bangladesh Railway authority will start selling advance tickets ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr from April 7.
Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan disclose the information in a press conference held in the conference room of Rail Bhaban on Wednesday afternoon.
He said that April 17 tickets will be sold on April 7, April 18 tickets will be sold on April 8, April 19 tickets will be sold on April 9, April 20 tickets will be sold on April 10 and April 21 tickets will be sold on April 11.
Depending on the Eid moon sighting, tickets will be sold on April 22, 23, and 24. While the sale of Eid return tickets will begin on April 17, he added.
The minister also said that all rail tickets will be sold online this year. This decision has been taken so that passengers do not face the hassle to travel to Kamalapur station beforehand to buy tickets and can complete all transactions from home.
The total number of seats on the train leaving Dhaka this Eid will be 25, 778. Moreover, 3,000 seat tickets of three Eid special trains from Dhaka and Joydebpur will also be sold online, he added.
