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SUNDAY, JUNE 01, 2025
Sylhet's rail link with rest of the country snapped

Transport

TBS Report
06 December, 2020, 01:55 pm
Last modified: 06 December, 2020, 03:00 pm

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Sylhet's rail link with rest of the country snapped

Rail communication will be normalised soon as rescue work is underway

TBS Report
06 December, 2020, 01:55 pm
Last modified: 06 December, 2020, 03:00 pm
Photo: TBS
Photo: TBS

The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country has remained suspended following the derailment of four compartments of an oil-laden train in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj District.

A Sylhet bound oil-carrying train's four bogies derailed at Shahajibazaar at around 12:20 pm on Sunday, Atiqur Rahman, manager of Shayestaganj railway station confirmed.

As a result, the railway communication of Sylhet with the rest of the country has cut off, he further added.

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Rail communication will be normalised soon as rescue work is underway.

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