Shawdesh Desk:
Train movement from Dhaka to the country’s Western, North and South regions has remained suspended since Friday afternoon after a freight train got derailed on Dhaka-Iswardi rail tracks under Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.
Sirajganj Bazar Railway Police Station officer-in-charge Md Mahbubur Rahman said that the derailment occurred at about 2:00pm when the freight train reached Iswardi and was changing lines at the Ullapara Rail Station, causing suspension of the train movement.
A salvage train from Pakshi arrived at the spot and was trying to remove the two derailed bogies, he said.
As of the filling of this report at about 4:20pm, the train movement remained suspended, the railway officer added.
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