Tragedy struck in Bangladesh’s capital as a passenger train, torched ahead of the impending general election, claimed at least four lives. Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames in Dhaka, where the burnt train remnants were later removed. The incident unfolds days before the Sunday elections, where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, poised for a historic fifth term, faces a challenging economic landscape marked by a recent IMF bailout. The somber event adds a distressing note to the political climate as the nation anticipates its electoral outcome.