Railway sources said nine wagons of freight train-452 derailed around 3:00am allegedly due to bad railway lines. A relief train from Lalmonirhat is still trying to put the train back on track as of last evening, our Rangpur correspondent reports.

Imported goods could not be transported from Burimari land port to other parts of the country yesterday as rail communications were snapped due to the derailment.

Divisional Railway Traffic Superintendent in Lalmonirhat Sayeed Jahurul Hosen yesterday said six wagons had already been put back on the lines and hoped the remaining three wagons would be put on the lines soon.

Explaining the conditions of the railway lines he said, "Rail communication from Pathgram to other parts of the country remains snapped for at least 10 days a month on average due to derailments."

Two officers of Akhaura Railway Junction were suspended yesterday for negligence of duty after four wagons in the rear of a freight train derailed near the junction on Monday, our correspondent from Brahmanbaria reports.

The suspended officers are Assistant Executive Engineer Rafiqul Islam Bari and Senior Sub-assistant Engineer Abdul Matin Mandal.

At around 8:00pm Monday the Chittagong bound freight train from Dhaka derailed snapping rail communication between Dhaka and Chittagong for eight hours.

A probe body headed by Divisional Transport Officer Sarder Shahadat Ali was formed to investigate the accident.

A member of the body on condition of anonymity said the accident occurred due to irregularities in repairing the railway lines that were damaged in an earlier accident and the two engineers suspended were in charge of the repair works.

Source said 30 feet of railway lines were badly damaged in the earlier accident but engineers repaired only 20 feet and okayed the railway lines.