Train communication of Sylhet with the capital resumed, after 16 hours after Dhaka-bound Upaban Express with 1,000 passengers aboard derailed in Srimangal of Moulvibazar.
Railway engineer Mujibur Rahman said rail-links between the eastern city of Sylhet and the rest of Bangladesh were suspended from around 1am on Friday after 11 compartments of the train jumped off the tracks.
"Rescuers finished clearing the line and taking the damaged compartments to Satgaon Station around 3:45pm," he said.
The repair work on the tracks ended around 4:45pm, he added. Two special trains reached the scene around 6am and started the rescue work.
According to bdnews24, no casualties were reported in the accident that took place in front of the Satgaon train station.
State Minister for Finance MA Mannan was among the passengers.
He was taken to Dhaka by a police car, said Md Ashequl Hoque, acting UNO in Srimangal.
