Two trains in deadly collision outside Bangladesh capital

Passengers of a passing train view the crashed compartments (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

A freight train has hit a passenger train outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, leaving at least 15 people dead and scores more injured.

Rescuers joined local residents in extracting people from the wreckage of the train carriages, according to fire official Mosharraf Hossain at Bhairab, in the central district of Kishoreganj, where the collision happened at 3.30pm.