March 12, 2007	Monday	Safar 22, 1428

DHAKA: Bangladesh and India will restore direct passenger train services within the next three months after a gap of more than four decades, an official said on Sunday, adding technical work has already begun.

“We will start passenger train services between Joydevpur near Dhaka and Sealdah in Kolkata within the next two to three months,” Bangladesh Railway official Kazi Asadullah said.

“We are waiting for a formal announcement of the resumption date by the two governments,” he said, adding that the re-launch of the service was decided at a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries last month. Rail service was suspended in 1965.—AFP