Dhaka-Sylhet-Chattogram rail link restored

Rail communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chattogram was restored this evening after nearly six hours of disruption following the derailment of a train near Kulaura Railway Station in Moulvibazar.

The train service resumed around 5:50pm after a relief train salvaged the derailed carriages, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports quoting Mohibur Rahman, station master of Kulaura Railway Station.

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The Jayantika Express, which was coming to Dhaka from Sylhet, derailed at the entrance of Kulaura Railway Station after two of its wheels got detached around 12:30pm.

Around 15-20 passengers of the train sustained injuries as they tried to get off the train in a hurry following the incident, said Station Master Mohibur Rahman.