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.