UNB, Sirajganj :
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 in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.
Md Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sirajganj Bazar Railway Police Station, said the derailment occurred around 2pm when the freight train came from Ishwardi 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 around 4:20pm, the train movement remained suspended, the railway officer added.
