Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (July 3) expressed grief over the loss of lives in the train accident in Odisha. 

She offered condolences to the families of victims who lost their lives in the accident.

Assistant Press Secretary ABM Sarwar-E-Alam revealed this information on Saturday, says a media report.  

The death toll from India's train crash has risen to about 300. The incident also left hundreds more injured. 

At around 7:30pm (local time) on Friday, the disaster began when an express train running north from India's tech hub Bengaluru to Kolkata derailed, falling onto the adjacent southbound track.

Minutes later, the Coromandal Express heading from Kolkata to Chennai smashed into the wreckage, some of its coaches also colliding with a goods train parked nearby.

According to AFP, at least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years.

BDST: 1618 HRS, JUN 03, 2023
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