COMILLA: The rail communications between Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet have been restored on Thursday afternoon after a three-hour halt a four and a half hours halt.

Earlier, the communication came to a halt after four wheels of a compartment of a Chittagong-bound container train veered off the tracks in Comilla Sadar area at around 11:10 am.

Later, the rail service resumed around 2:30pm after salvage train coming from Laksam cleared the rail line.

Comilla railway assistant engineer Irfanul Islam confirmed the matter over mobile phone.

BDST: 1456 HRS, AUG 29, 2013
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