<a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/dhaka-kolkata-maitree-express-train-may-restart-if-india-wants-4294016" hreflang="en">Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express train may restart if India wants</a>

The Maitree Express train connecting Dhaka in Bangladesh to Kolkata in West Bengal may resume only after India makes a formal request through diplomatic channels, according to a senior Bangladesh Railway official, as the new service would take a shorter route via Padma Bridge instead of the previous lengthy route across the Jamuna river.