State Minister for Finance MA Mannan was among the passengers. Train services to the eastern city of Sylhet from the rest of Bangladesh have remained suspended since 1am Friday, said railway official Mujibur Rahman. No casualties were reported in the accident that took place in front of the Satgaon train station. “As a result, 11 compartments of the train jumped off tracks.”Two special trains reached the scene around 6am and started rescue work. State Minister Mannan was taken to Dhaka by a police car, said Md Ashequl Hoque, acting UNO in Srimangal.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2018 03:22 UTC