Three persons including Abgomti Station Master of Joydebpur Railway Junction have been suspended in connection with the head-on collision between Tangail commuter train and an oil-carrying train in Kazipara area of Joydebpur Railway Junction in Gazipur.

Hanif Ali, Station Master of Joydebpur Railway Junction confirmed this.

According to railway sources, on Friday (May 3) at 10:45 am, an oil train collided with a Tangail commuter train in Chota Deora Kazibari area of outer signal of Joydevpur railway junction.

After this incident, Abgomti Station Master of Joydevpur Railway Junction Hashem, pointman Saddam Hussain and Mostafizur Rahman were placed under suspension.

Meanwhile, Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Abul Fateh Mohammad Shafiqul Islam along with members of the fire service and law enforcement agencies of various departments visited the spot immediately after the incident. Later, a three-member inquiry committee was formed to look into the matter. Later, two more inquiry committees were formed by the railway authorities.

Hanif Ali, Station Master of Joydevpur railway station, said that after 3 hours of the accident, train traffic was normalized through another track. The rescue team is working to rescue two carriages due to the accident. 

The coaches affected by the accident are being removed from the railway line 12 hours after the collision between an oil tanker and a passenger train in Chhota Deora Kazi Bari area of Gazipur.

It is said that the work of removing the carriages started from 11:30 pm on Friday (April 03).

Joydevpur Railway Station Master Hanif Ali said, the work of removing carriages from the line started from 11:30 pm. Before this, the connections of the train engine and the compartment were disconnected from four in the afternoon.

It is to be noted that on Friday (03 May) at 10:45 am, an oil - train collided with a Tangail commuter train in Chota Deora Kazibari area of the outer signal of Joydebpur railway junction. 

Two trains collided head-on in the Kazibari area of Joydebpur railway junction in Gazipur, train movement has been normalized after three hours through a side line. Meanwhile, the Sirajganj Express train leaving from Dhaka left the accident area and halted at Joydevpur Junction. Shortly thereafter another intercity train left.

On Friday (May 3), Hanif Ali, Station Master of Joydevpur Railway Junction, said that an oil train collided with Tangail Commuter in Kazibari area around 10:30 this morning. It closed the outer signal from Joydevpur to Dhaka. However, 3 hours after the accident, two trains crossed on a side line. Rescue trains are coming from Dhaka to remove passenger train coaches and oil train coaches on the railway line.

Earlier, at 10:45 am, a Tangail commuter collided head-on with an oil-carrying train stopped at Kazipara area near Joydevpur Junction in the district. After this incident, Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Police, BGB and Fire Service personnel arrived at the spot.

Deputy Commissioner Abul Fate Mohammad Safiqul Islam said that a three-member investigation committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner has been formed to find out why the accident happened. The inquiry report has been asked to be submitted within the next two days.

The government will adjust electricity prices four times a year to reduce subsidies. It will be gradually extended for the next three years.

The government's power division said this in a meeting with the IMF delegation at the secretariat on Thursday (May 2).

According to the sources of the meeting, the price of fuel oil may increase again this month. It will automatically increase the price in coordination with the global market. However, if the global market decreases, it will also decrease here. A directive has been issued in this regard on Thursday.

Stating that the price of electricity is being increased mainly in the name of adjustment, experts say that the government can also adjust the subsidy by reducing the cost. The government is not focused on reducing the cost of electricity production by curbing irregularities, corruption and wastage. Rather, even if there is no demand, they are increasing the cost of this sector by building one power plant after another without bidding.

The IMF delegation also held a meeting with the Division of Energy and Mineral Resources, Petrobangla, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) on Thursday. According to the sources of the meeting, Petrobangla and BPC have told the IMF in almost the same way that there is no pressure for new subsidies on gas and fuel oil. The IMF said to introduce the automatic method of oil prices (increases in the international market, increases in the country, decreases if it decreases), it has been done. Fuel oil prices are adjusted every month. It will never have to subsidize fuel again. In the first two rounds, the prices were slightly reduced, but in the last round, the prices increased. This is being practiced for three months.

In this regard, the State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid said that this year the price of electricity will be adjusted several more times. This will continue for the next three years. However, in which month the adjustment will be made is yet to be decided.

Regarding the price of fuel oil, he said, adjustment will be made from the first week of March. But it seems to me that even if the adjustment is made, the price of fuel oil will not increase much. But if it changes it will depend on the global market.

It is known that since the Awami League government came to power in 2009, the price of electricity has increased 13 times.