Train services from Chattogram to Dhaka disrupted as a compartment of a passenger train derailed in Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday (January 3) morning.

Amzad Hossain, a sub-inspector of Sitakunda railway police outpost confirming the matter said no casualties were reported in the accident that took place around 7:00am.

Due to the derailment, train movement from Chittagong to Dhaka remained suspended but operation on the down line is normal, he added.

"A team of Railway is working on rescuing the coach," said station master of Sitakunda Railway Station Mozammel Hossain.

BDST: 1424 HRS, JAN 03, 2024
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