Bangladesh, Nov. 9 -- Bangladesh Railway's (BR) only concrete sleeper plant in Sunamganj's Chhatak has resumed operations after remaining closed for a year.

Advertisement The plant, named Sleeper Plant, had long been plagued with various issues, including production halts at different times due to mechanical malfunctions along with raw material and manpower shortages in the last one year.

Officials from a contracting firm running the operations under a deal with the state-owned agency stated that critical machinery was damaged when the plant was submerged during floods. The subsequent time required for repairs and necessary testing delayed the restart of production.

Attempts to resume production had been made several times last year, ...