Bangladesh Railway has suspended thee of its employees over Sunday’s collision between Sonar Bangla Express train and a freight train that left 35 people injured. They are Abdul Quader, a guard (Chattogram division) ; Jasim Uddin, locomotive master (Dhaka headquarter); and Md Mohsin, assistant locomotive master (Dhaka headquarter). Wahid, who was in charge of maintaining Hasanpur station signal, was also suspended. Also Read: Two trains collide at Hasanpur Station in Cumilla; at least 20 injured A  four-member probe body was formed which was asked to submit the report within three working days. Meanwhile, the train movement resumed after 9 pm on Sunday after two salvage trains removed the bogies from the main lines, train examiner SM Akhtar Hossain and Station Master of Hasanpur Railway Station Mong Marma said. Work to remove the other bogies is underway, they said.  Six bogies and the locomotive of Sonar Bangla Express train derailed on Sunday injuring at least 35 passengers and six of them are in critical condition. Several of the injured are being treated at Nangalkot Health Complex. Officer-in-charge of Laksham Railway Police Station Jashim Uddin said, the Dhaka bound freight train was stationed in a line on the Hasanpur station. Dhaka- bound Sonar Bangla Express from Chattagram wrongly entered the same line and hit the rear side of the freight train at around 6:22 pm.  

Rail Communication on Mymensingh-Netrakona –Chattogram route resumed on Sunday morning after three hours of suspension following derailment of a freight train in Balashpur in Mymensingh city on Sunday morning. A wagon of Dhaka-bound Mymensingh/Nasirabad Express train veered off the tracks this morning, said Mymensingh GRP Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohiuddin Ahmed. Read more: Freight train derails in Gazipur The rail communication on Netrakona-Bhairab-Chattogram route along with Mymensingh was suspended due to the derailment, he said. On information, a relief train from Kewatkhali loco shadow went to the scene and salvaged the derailed wagon, he added.  

An Ishwardi-bound freight train derailed at Halsa railway station in Kushtia on Saturday morning. Two oil tankers of the train derailed around 6.45am, said Sajedul Islam, assistant transport officer of Pakshi Divisional Railway. Thankfully, the movement of trains has not been affected in the southern region, including Dhaka, as the derailment occurred on the loop line, he added. Read: Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 10, injures 50 Meanwhile, a four-member committee has been formed to probe the derailment and submit its report within three working days. On information, a rescue train from Ishwardi was sent to the spot, added the officer.  

Rail services between Dhaka and Chattogram have been suspended since Tuesday morning, following the derailment of a freight train at Tongi junction of Gazipur district. Nur Mohammad, in-charge of Tongi railway, said that three bogies of the freight train veered off the tracks in the junction area around 10.30 am, disrupting rail services on three key routes -- Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Mymensingh. Read:Derailment: Rail communication between Khulna and rest of the country suspended Though authorities managed to restore services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and the Dhaka-Sylhet routes, train communication on the Dhaka-Chattogram route is yet to resume. A relief train has already reached the spot to conduct the salvage operation. No causality was reported till the filling of this report around 1 pm.

Three people, including the loco master, were injured when a shuttle train of Chittagong University (CU) derailed after a collision with a freight train at Sholoshahar Railway Station in the port city of Chattogram on Wednesday.