Police recovered the body of a teenage girl from a rail track in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Saturday night, police said. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Locals informed police after finding the body lying on the CMB rail gate area of Kumarkhali on the Kushtia-Rajbari railway line, Md Mohsin Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kumarkhali Police Station, said. On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. Read more: Woman dies after being hit by train in Dhaka As the accident occurred on the railway line, legal action will be taken by the railway police, added the OC. Ashiq, a resident of the local area, said “We suspect the teen was run over by the Rajbari-bound Tungipara Express train as it left Kushtia just before the body was found." Read more: 50-yr-old woman crushed by train in Rajshahi

Train movement between Dhaka and other parts of the country remained suspended for three and half an hour on Wednesday as some admission seekers put up barricade on rail tracks at Airport Rail Station demanding tickets to go to Rajshahi for admission test. Sardar Shahadat Ali, additional director general (operation) of Bangladesh Railway said a group of admission seekers took position on rail tracks at Airport station around 9:30 am as they failed to get tickets to go to Rajshahi to appear for the university admission test. Read: Lone rail protestor forced to call off program at Kamalapur Rajshahi-bound ‘Nilsagar Express’ train and other trains at different stations remained stranded due to the protests, causing immense sufferings to the commuters. The protesters also said the railway authorities told them that all the tickets of the Rajshahi-bound train were sold. The train communication was restored around 12:30 pm after the authorities concerned assured of taking steps to facilitate their travel to Rajshahi.

Police recovered the body of a day-labourer from rail tracks in Lalmai upazila on Friday, 15 days after he went missing.