30 injured as train derails in Cumilla, snaps rail links

Railway connectivity between Chattogram and the rest of Bangladesh had been disrupted following the derailment of a passenger train in Cumilla's Nangalkot Upazila on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
At least 30 people were injured when nine compartments of the Mymensingh-bound Bijoy Express went off the tracks near the Hasanpur station around 1:35pm, according to Nangalkot Police Station chief Debashish Chowdhury.
Five of them were in a critical condition.
Rescue operations started five hours after the train had derailed.
Officer-in-Charge Murad Ullah Bahar of Laksham Railway Police Station said around 6:45 in the evening that two rescue trains from Chittagong and Akhaura just started their work.
Initial reports suggested  the accident occurred due to the failure of a lock attached to the train's engine.
Trains on the route remained stranded at various stations as a result of the derailment.
"There have been no fatalities. Railway and local police are responding to the situation," Debashish said.
The train carriages derailed with a loud noise and lay scattered across the tracks, halting railway services on the Dhaka-Chattogram railway line, Nangalkot Railway Station Master Jamal Hossain said.
Locals immediately began rescuing passengers, with many of those injured receiving first aid on the spot.
Murad Ullah Bahar, chief of Laksam Railway Police Station, said no deaths were reported in the incident.
"The railway authorities will investigate the cause of the accident."
An official from Laksam Railway Junction Station, who wished to remain anonymous, said that rescue trains from Akhaura and Chattogram's Pahartali were en route to the scene.
Service on the Chattogram-bound line will resume once the rescue trains arrive, after which the remaining rescue efforts will continue.