Bangladesh authorities have taken steps to ensure that women can comfortably use the country’s first metro rail in Dhaka. One compartment in each train is reserved for women, but they can travel in other compartments as well. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, highlighted various aspects of the electric train on […]
DMP issues seven guidelines for residents on Metrorail opening
Eight consultant agencies from Japan, France, India and Bangladesh were appointed last October for the construction of the Line-1 project, the main work of which is likely to begin next June. The northern route of Metro Rail Line-5 will include the Hemayatpur-Watara route via Mirpur 10 and Gulshan, while the southern route of Line-5 will […]
The government has fixed the minimum fare for the entire route from Uttara to Motijheel at Rs 20 and Rs 100. The fare from Uttara North station to Agargaon station has been fixed at Rs 60, the part of which will be inaugurated in the first phase. The fare for both Uttara North to Uttara […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the country’s first elevated metro rail on December 28 as the much-awaited metro rail from Uttara to Agargaon is ready for commercial operation, reports BSS. ABM Amin, Secretary, Department of Road Transport and Highways, said, “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate Metro Rail’s Mass Rapid Transit […]
The Managing Director of DMTCL said that initially the trains will run with a limited number of passengers. Complying with international standards, the Metro Rail will start full-fledged operations in two or three months after its inception. Noting that metro rail service would start in Motijheel by December 2023 and Kamlapur by June 2025, Siddiqui […]
The air force made an objection earlier to metro rail route along Bijoy Sarani for the take off and landing problems of airplanes. Now the Tejgaon old airport has been declared as the domestic airport. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has silently upgraded the status of Tejgaon airfield from STOL (short take-off and […]
The proposed metro rail will pass through the alternative Khamarbari route instead of Bijay Sarani to bypass the National Parliament Complex, as suggested by the Bangladesh Air Force. After a meeting with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) executive director Dr SM Salauddin told The Independent on Wednesday that they […]
A drive by busline from Uttara to Jatrabari will booty about 45 account and amount Tk 50, according to studies conducted as allotment of the government affairs for bigger accessible carriage in the capital. The planned electric railway will backpack some 60,000 bodies an hour at aiguilles times. Commuters will accept to pay Tk 2.50 […]