Train movement from Dhaka to the country's Western, North, and South regions has remained suspended since Friday afternoon after a freight train derailed on Dhaka-Iswardi rail tracks in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.
Sirajganj Bazar Railway police station Officer-in-Charge Md Mahbubur Rahman said: “The derailment occurred around 2pm when the freight train reached Iswardi and was changing lines at the Ullapara Rail Station, causing suspension of the train movement.”
The railway officer added: “A salvage train from Pakshi arrived at the spot and was trying to remove the two derailed bogies."
As of the filling of this report around 4:20pm, the train movement remained suspended, he said.
