05 August,2024 06:39 PM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
Security personnel stand guard on streets of Bangladesh. Pic/PTI
The services of Kolkata-Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express will remain cancelled on Tuesday, the Eastern Railway said, citing a message from the authorities concerned in Bangladesh, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, the services of Maitree Express, which has not been operational since July 19, will remain suspended on August 6, the ER said in a statement.
Sheikh Hasina resigned as the Prime Minister on Monday amid massive Bangladesh protests against her government that claimed more than 100 lives in the last two days.
An interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced on Monday.
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Sheikh Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced on Monday, reported the PTI.
"I'm taking all responsibility (of the country). Please cooperate," he said in a televised address amid reports that Sheikh Hasina has left the country, as per the PTI.
The Bangladesh Army chief said he had met political leaders and told them the Army would take over responsibility for law and order.
As protests spiralled across the country, he said he had asked both Army and police not to fire any shots.
The operations of the bi-weekly Kolkata-Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express have also remained cancelled since July 21 following large-scale violent protests.
BSF orders 'high alert' along Bangladesh border; DG, senior officers in Kolkata
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday issued a "high alert" across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country, officials said, according to the PTI.
BSF director general (acting) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior commanders have landed in Kolkata to review the security situation, they said.
The force has directed all its field commanders to be "on ground" and "deploy all personnel on border duty immediately", a senior officer told PTI.
The leaves of all the personnel posted along the Bangladesh border were cancelled in the last few weeks after Bangladesh witnessed massive protests and now all units have been asked to "acquire an all alert posture", he said.
The BSF guards the Indian front on the eastern flank of the country that runs along five states.
West Bengal shares a total of 2,217 kilometres of border with Bangladesh, along with Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Assam (262 km) and Mizoram (318 km).
News reports said, amid massive protests against her government that claimed more than 106 lives in the last two days.
(with PTI inputs)
