Like MRT Line-1, another JICA-funded metro rail project—MRT Line-5 (North)—is also underway. It will run from Hemayatpur in Savar to Gabtoli, Mirpur and Gulshan to Bhatara. The Hemayatpur-Gabatoli section will be elevated, while the rest will be underground. The total length is about 20 kilometers. The project was approved in October 2019 with an estimated […]
The previous government had launched two separate projects to build two metro rail lines in Dhaka, with a total approved cost of Taka 938 billion. However, if the award is given as per the contractors’ bid proposals, the total cost will increase to Tk 1.84 trillion. Farooq Ahmed was tasked with identifying the causes of […]
The authorities have announced that metro rail services will be suspended on June 17 on account of Eid-ul-Azha and a new operating schedule will come into effect from June 19 as per the new office timings. Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Managing Director MAN Siddiqui made the announcement while talking to the media at […]
Pratham Alo contacted DMTCL Public Relations Officer Nazmul Islam Bhuiya on duty on Monday today when the news of disruption in metro rail service surfaced. But he could not give any information about the delay. He said that he will inform as soon as he gets any update. However, he was not available for more […]
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 […]
