Bangladesh Railways and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) have started selling advance tickets ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday.
Ticket selling will go for five consecutive days from today (Sunday), reports BSS.
The railway is selling advance tickets from important rail stations including capital Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dinajpur.
Special train service of five-pair trains has taken on the Eid-ul- Fitr, Md Tofazzel Hossain, Director General of Bangladesh Railways said.
Tickets for the journey of July 24 is being sold on July 20, tickets for July 25 will be available on July 21, tickets for July 26 will be supplied on July 22, tickets for July 27 will be available on July 23 and advance tickets for July 28 will be given on July 24, officials said.
They said each passenger is allowed to procure maximum four tickets and tickets sold earlier will not be returned.
Train service of 'Maitree Expresses' on the Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka route will remain suspended on July 29 and 30, railway sources added.
Meanwhile, BRTC has started selling its advance tickets for the home-bound people from Sunday morning.
The advance tickets are available at Motijheel, Gazipur, Joarsahara, Uthali, Naraynaganj, Double-decker and Kollyanpur depots of BRTC.
The 'Eid Special Service' will begin from July 24.
Total 900 new buses will be included in the fleet of BRTC in the capital and outside Dhaka," BRTC Deputy General Manager (Operation) said.
BRTC head office has also installed a 'Help Desk" to assist the passengers.
These are: 9564361, 01818202186 and numbers of Motijheel bus depot are: 9333803, 01711578789.