Overturned lorry halts rail traffic in Dhaka-Ctg route for 3 hrs

Dhaka-Chattogram route train services were suspended for nearly three hours after a lorry overturned on the rail tracks in Cumilla on Thursday around 7am.

The truck overturned on the tracks at the Bijoypur level crossing on the Chattogram-Noakhali regional highway in the Lalmai upazila of Cumilla, and removed from the rail tracks around 9:45am, according to Laksham Railway Police Station officer-in-charge Murad Ullah Bahar.

With the removal, Dhaka‍‍`s rail communication with Chattogram, Cox‍‍`s Bazar, Chandpur and Noakhali was restored.