Rail link restored with Sylhet after 16 hrs

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: Rail communication of Sylhet to rest of the country was restored around 4:45pm on Friday, nearly 16 hours after a train derailed at Satgaon station of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar.

Mujibur Rahman, assistant engineer of Sylhet divisional office of Bangladesh Railway, confirmed the news.

According to sources, At least 11 compartments of the Dhaka-bound “Upaban Express” derailed at Satgaon station around 1:00am.

 

risingbd/Sylhet/February 23, 2018/Noman/A K Azad