Derailment halts Dhaka’s rail link with northern districts

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UNB, Gazipur :

Rail communications between Dhaka and the northern parts of the country have remained suspended since Sunday noon due to the derailment of a train in Gazipur, officials said.

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In-charge of Joydebpur Railway Junction Police outpost Shahidul Islam said that four bogies of the freight train veered off the tracks near Joydebpur Railway Station at noon.

A number of trains got stranded due to the derailment.

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