Train communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet has been suspended following derailment of a freight train in Banasua under Comilla sadar upazila.
Assistant engineer of Comilla railway station Abdul Hamid said four compartments of a Dinajpur-bound freight train from Chittagong veered off the track around 10:30am, halting train movement on the Chittagong-Dhaka and Chittagong-Sylhet routes.
A relief train from Akhaura was conducting salvage operation.
Due to the derailment, Dhaka-bound Mohanagar Provati got stranded at Comilla station while Sylhet-bound Paharia Express at Laksham station and Mymensingh-bound Bijoy Express stranded at Lalmai station.
The train communication resumed at 8:50pm.
