Dhaka, April 18 -- There was no casualty, but about 50 people got injured. Sunday's train accident at the Hasanpur Railway Station of Cumilla's Nangalkot could have been very serious leaving the whole nation in a shock in terms of loss of life. When most countries of the world have installed almost foolproof safety to their railway system and running trains at 350 km per hour has become a normal thing in many places, thanks to the cutting-edge modern mechanical engineering and technology. In Bangladesh the railway system is still mostly in its archaic state. The railway system and technology in Bangladesh is much the same as the British rulers left 75 years ago.

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