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Train derails in Moulvibazar, rail link with Sylhet cut off

Update : 20 May 2023, 11:08

Three compartments of a Sylhet-bound train Udayan Express derailed after being hit by a leaning tree early Saturday. 

The incident took place at around 4:30 am at Lawachara National Park in Moulvibazar.

"The incident took place at around 5am at Lawachara forest in Moulvibazar when the Sylhet-bound train Udayan Express from Chattogram hit some leaning tree, causing the engine and two carriages derailed." said Station Master of Srimangal Railway Station Shakhawat Hossain.

The rail communication with Sylhet from Dhaka and Chittagong has been suspended due to the train accident.

No casualties were reported yet during the incident.

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