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Passengers wait for trains at Kamalapur Railway Station in the city on Wednesday as train schedule broke down on the very first day of Eid holiday outrush from the capital.

Passengers wait for trains at Kamalapur Railway Station in the city on Wednesday as train schedule broke down on the very first day of Eid holiday outrush from the capital.
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