COMILLA: The rail communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet restored on Saturday morning after a nine-hour halt due to derailment of compartments of a train in Nangalkot area of the district.

Confirming the matter, Feni Railway Engineer Abdul Halim told banglanews, “The train services resumed at around 11:15am.”

Earlier, the rail operations on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes came to a halt at around 2:30am as four compartments of a Dhaka-bound container train derailed.

Later, on information, a rescue train from Feni rushed to the spot at 4:00am and started rescue operation to clear the rail track.

_{Derailment in Comilla}
Dhk-Ctg-Sylhet rail service halted

BDST: 1218 HRS, JAN 11, 2014
Edited by: SM. Mostafijur Rahman Nasim, Newsroom Editor/RS