Train service from Dhaka to Chittagong, Sylhet and Noakhali remained suspended for four hours after a freight train derailed near the Daulatkandi rail station in Raipura upazila Wednesday, causing suffering to passengers.
According to the station master of Daulatkandi station, around 7:30am a freight train bound for Dhaka from Chittagong derailed when seven bogies veered off the tracks.
The incident brought train services to a halt for several hours, until a relief train from Akhawra managed to remove the containers.
Rail communications was restored around 11:30am between the capital and the three districts.