Dhaka, April 5 -- After more than one and a half decades, the World Bank is coming forward with its technical assistance to conduct a feasibility study on greening the operations of Bangladesh Railway (BR), officials said on Saturday.

The global lender has recently proposed to provide US$6.0 million in assistance under the "Green railway transport project preparation facility" under which a massive green-railway plan would be framed, said a senior official at the Economic Relations Division (ERD).

About one and a half decades ago, the Washington-based lender almost put on hold its support to BR for reasons like failure to bring expected reforms in improving the services, and the Padma Bridge construction scam.

Between 2009 and 2011, it...