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Mentioning that he would talk to the Prime Minister on the issue of VAT on Metrorail tickets, Obaidul Quader today said, “Metrorail is a special service of public transport. People are benefiting from this. I don't know who suddenly gave such news before any decision was taken at the highest level of the government. At […]
In this regard, the VAT Division of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued an office order on Thursday expressing its inability to waive tax on the country's first metro rail. At present, the Metro Rail has the privilege of tax exemption till the end of the current financial year. The operating authority, Dhaka Mass […]
Later, Metrorail officials wrote a letter to NBR Chairman Abu Hena Mohammad Rahmatul Munim, presenting their arguments against imposing VAT on Metrorail tickets. Regarding this, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Secretary and Director Abdur Rauf told Prothom Alo that there is a law to levy 15 percent VAT on air-conditioned train tickets. But all […]
The metro rail will run from Wednesday (16th Ramadan) after 9:00 pm and will continue till the day before Eid al-Fitr. Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) managing director MN Siddiqui disclosed this at the Eskaton office on Tuesday afternoon. He said that the last metro train will leave from Uttara station at 9:00 pm […]
Although the number of passengers is less during Ramzan, Metro Rail officials are hopeful that the number of passengers will increase as people will be out for shopping during the second part of Ramzan. As a result, the authorities have decided to operate the metro rail after 9:00 pm from Wednesday, March 27 (16th Ramzan). […]
And that is why people accepted all the troubles, inconveniences and delays that came during the construction of Metro Rail. When metro rail services stop, the heartbeats of Dhaka residents stop. They get upset when there are disruptions in service. As BBC Bengali journalist Akbar Hossain commented on social media, it is becoming increasingly difficult […]
Quader, general secretary of the governing Bangladesh Awami League, said increasing the number of metro coaches depends on technical issues. He said nowhere in the world is there a metrorail with more than five coaches, but in Bangladesh the metrorail is already running with six coaches. But, the transport minister said, due to increasing demand, […]
Many people have chosen Metrorail because it is a faster means of communication. Be it morning, afternoon or night, Metrorail runs at full capacity. Long queues are being seen in front of the ticket counters. Almost all the coaches can be seen filled with passengers. Some people think that the compartments reserved for women are […]
According to DMTCL sources, if the metro rail runs at full capacity, a total of 500,000 passengers will travel in it every day and the monthly income will be between Tk 7.20-7.30 billion. If fares remain unchanged, it will take at least 45 years to recover the construction cost of the metro rail from ticket […]
The Uttara to Agargaon section of the Metro Rail was inaugurated on 28 December 2022. The Agargaon to Motijheel section was inaugurated on 4 November. Night services on Motijheel route started from January 20. After this the pressure of passengers skyrocketed. MD Hadiuzzaman, a transportation expert and professor in the department of civil engineering at […]
He said that Metro-Rail is a unique milestone in building Smart Bangladesh. Quader said the Prime Minister inaugurated the section of MRT Line-6 from North North to Agargaon on December 28, 2022. He said, later on November 4, 2023, the Prime Minister inaugurated the section of metro rail from Agargaon to Motijheel. In order to […]
