Train movement in Kurigram has been suspended since Friday night as a part of a railway bridge was damaged at Singerdabri in Rajarhat upazila. Md Samsuzzoha, Kurigram Railway Station Master, said a part of a railway bridge was damaged at Singerdabri area due to incessant rainfall on Friday, halting the train communication. The railway authorities have continued train movement with the rest of the country through the northern parts of the district through an alternative route. Nat’l Committee demands reduction of Dhaka-Bhanga train fare by 40% The Dhaka-bound ‘Kurigram Express’ and ‘Rangpur Express’ are moving from Kaunia Rail Station, he said. Train movement from Chilmari Rail Station will resume within 2-3 days, he added. Train collides with stranded truck at railway crossing; one killed

Train movement from Chattogram and Sylhet (up line) to Dhaka resumed on Saturday night around nine hours after the rail tracks got bent due to severe heat in Brahmanbaria.   Mehedhi Hasan Md Tarek, executive engineer of Akhaura Railway, said the train communication of Dhaka with Chattogram and Sylhet (up line) resumed around 8pm after fixing the train tracks.   “We ended the repair works of the bent tracks immediately along with fixing the fittings after the temperature fell down in the afternoon,” he said, adding that patrolling measures will be taken to ward off such incidents in future. Also Read: Container train derails in Brahmanbaria; Rail communication from Ctg, Sylhet to Dhaka snapped According to the railway, rail tracks may bend when temperature goes beyond 40 Degree Celsius. The tracks in the district got bent for the second time in a week.   Earlier, the train movement from Chattogram and Sylhet (up line) to Dhaka was suspended as the rail tracks got bent due to severe heat.   Brahmanbaria Railway Station’s Master Md Rafiqul Islam then said the tracks got bent at Dariyarpur in the outskirts of the city around 11am after Dhaka-bound Upakul Express from Nokhali crossed the area around 10 am, snapping rail communication.    However the train movement from Dhaka to Chattogram and Sylhet (down line) remained normal. Earlier on Thursday afternoon, seven bogies of a container train veered off the tracks in the Dariyarpur area while heading towards the capital from Chattogram due to severe heat around 12:50pm. The rail tracks became normal for movement around 16 hours later after it was fixed.

Sylhet's rail communication with other parts of the country remained suspended since Sunday noon after the derailment of  three containers of an oil-laden tanker at Shahjibazar Rail Station in Sayestaganj upazila of Habiganj.