With Eid-ul-Azha three weeks away, advance sale of train tickets will start from Aug 8.
Bangladesh Railway will sell the tickets for Aug 17 on the first day and start selling return ticket on Aug 15, Rail Minister Mojibul Haque briefed the media at Rail Bhaban on Thursday.
"Like the previous years, advance tickets will be available ten days before the journey", said the minister.
Ticket selling will begin at 8am in Dhaka and Chattogram rail stations, he added.
The return tickets will be available to sale from 8am in Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Lalmonirhat stations, the minister further said.