Benapole Express Fire

Benapole Express left for Dhaka with 141 passengers on Thursday. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Benapole Express resumes operation 6 days after deadly fire

At least four people died as the Benapole Express caught fire in Gopibagh on the way to Kamalapur station around 9 pm.

Photo: Zia Chowdhury
Bangladesh

Police classify rail fire as 'sabotage'

RAB Director General M Khurshid Hossain briefed media after visiting a polling centre at Mirpur College in the capital on Saturday (6 January). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

We had intel on sabotage but did not know exact location: RAB on Benapole Express fire

Dibakar has been looking for his sister since the fire incident occurred on Benapole Express on 5 January. Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Bangladesh

Benapole Express fire: Relatives cling to hope for missing loved ones

French Ambassador Marie Masdupuy. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

French Ambassador mourns Benapole Express train fire victims

At least four passengers were killed after Benapole Express train was set on fire in the Gopibagh area of Sayedabad on 5 January. Photo: Rakibul Hasan/UNB
Bangladesh

Train burning a day before election shows intention to hinder democratic process: Momen

Constable Mohammad Ali describing how the fire incident unfurled inside the train. 5 January. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Benapole Express fire: Guard pulled train chain to stop it and saved passengers

Photo: Zia Chowdhury
Bangladesh

Fire on Benapole Express was planned sabotage: Police