A MAN lost his life October 26 after a bearing pad from Dhaka Metro Rail fell from an elevated pier, another headline, another tragedy, another moment when Bangladeshis are forced to ask themselves: Can we trust the systems built to carry us safely home?...
YET another avoidable death shows the danger that lurks over the heads of Dhaka residents. On October 26, a pedestrian was killed when a 100-kilogram metro rail bearing pad fell off the viaduct at Farmgate. Two others were injured. Metro services ground to a halt, passengers stranded, while the city held its collective breath. This disaster is not an anomaly. A year ago...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directives for immediate verification of the quality and safety of bearing pads installed on Dhaka Metro Rail and all flyovers in the capital.
Metro rail services on the Uttara-Motijheel route fully resumed on Monday after a nearly 23-hour halt following the death of a pedestrian caused by a bearing pad that fell on him after it had been dislodged from the metro rail structure.聽..
Metro rail services on the Motijheel-Shahbagh section resumed at 7:00 pm on Sunday, following a suspension of about seven hours.
Metro rail services on Uttara-Agargaon section resumed at about 3:00pm on Sunday after a two-and-half-an-hours hour suspension on Sunday...
Road transport and bridges ministry adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Sunday afternoon said that a five-member probe committee, headed by Bridges Division secretary Md Abdur Rouf, had been formed as a pedestrian was killed after a bearing pad crashed on him from metro rail line in Dhaka鈥檚 Farmgate area on the same day...
A pedestrian was killed and two others were injured as a bearing pad fell from the metro rail structure on the road in Dhaka鈥檚 Farmgate area on Sunday, disrupting the metro services for hours.
The metro rail has extended its operation hours by one hour from Sunday, with trains now running half an hour earlier in the morning and half an hour later at night...
Trains under the metro rail services from today will run around one hour more to accommodate the growing pressure of passengers, according to a Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited announcement.聽
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has announced to extend the metro rail services by one hour from Friday on pilot basis as passenger pressure is growing.聽
NCC Bank has commenced rollout of ATM booths across all 16 stations of Mass Rapid Transit Line-6, beginning with inauguration of an ATM booth at Shahbagh metro rail station, said a press release...
The Dhaka University metro rail station will be closed at 5:00pm on Monday to facilitate the July uprising revival events on the campus.
Costs of two of the three ongoing projects for the construction of mass rapid transit lines, popularly known as metro rail, are likely to increase by about Tk聽1,600 crore...
Civil engineering department at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday held a seminar titled Operational Challenges and User Experience of Dhaka Metro Rail: Lessons for Emerging Urban Transport System at the CUET in Chattogram.
The Fire Service and Civil Defence on Wednesday conducted firefighting, rescue, first aid and evacuation drills at Uttara Centre and Bijay Sarani of Dhaka Metro Rail...
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has urged passengers using the capital鈥檚 metro rail service to wear masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19...
The metro rail services in the capital will remain closed on Eid day, according to an office order of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited that operates the metro rail services...
After spending crores of taka, the lavish plan for constructing an underground metro rail network or subway system, to be known as the Dhaka Subway, is likely to be dropped...
In case of any disruption in electricity customer and passenger services it must be announced on television scrolls immediately...
Proposals have been made in the under-formulation Revised Strategic Transport Plan for greater Dhaka to extend the existing route and two under-construction routes of the metro rail...
The services of the metro rail on the entire Uttara-Motijheel route in the capital Dhaka were disrupted for around two hours on Saturday following an electrical fault.
The vehicular movement on the road from Khilkhet to Kuril and Bashundhara will be closed for 29 hours starting from Thursday evening due to relocation of lines of the utility services for the under-construction first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh...
Capital鈥檚 most popular public transport 鈥楳etrorail 鈥榬esumed operation today, after one-day official closure on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims....
Metro rail services on Monday were suspended for half an hour on the Uttara-Motijheel route as a train faced glitches in its braking system, causing suffering to commuters.聽
The metro rail services in Dhaka were running on schedule after employees of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited called off work stoppage, which began on Monday morning in protest against alleged harassment by MRT police...
A construction worker died after falling from the under-construction metro rail station in the capital鈥檚 Kamalapur on Friday, the police said.
The authorities have deployed MRT police personnel at the Dhaka Metro Rail aimed at ensuring overall security.聽聽
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has revised the weekday schedule of the metro rail services for the entire Ramadan month.
A section of officials and employees of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited on Thursday withdrew a pre-scheduled strike to stop metro rail services from today for independent service rules...
