Bangladesh, March 8 -- The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is still to stand out as an attractive place for women as only 2.0 per cent females are working at official ranks.
The latest data shows 26 female officials now work in mechanical, civil, electrical, store, traffic and signal divisions with their male counterparts.
According to the BR website, approximately 1,270 officials are working for the state-owned rail department.
Only recently, the railway got its first female chief engineer, Najnin Ara Keya, and a female locomaster (train driver), Salma Khatun, in September 2017.
Sources said recruitment of females for rail service started at the beginning of 2001 when only four female engineers against 24 males joined as BCS cadres.
Since the...