Disruption in services must be announced through TV scrolls
In case of any disruption in electricity customer and passenger services it must be announced on television scrolls immediately...
Tags : Metro rail
Extension of ongoing MRT lines on cards
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...
Metro rail service suspended for two hours for electrical fault
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.
Khilkhet-Kuril road to be closed for 29hrs
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...
Metro rail resumes service after Eid-day break
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 service disruption causes suffering
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
Metro services resume as DMTCL employees call off work stoppage
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...
Construction worker dies after falling from Kamalapur metro rail station
A construction worker died after falling from the under-construction metro rail station in the capital鈥檚 Kamalapur on Friday, the police said.
MRT police deployed on metro train for security
The authorities have deployed MRT police personnel at the Dhaka Metro Rail aimed at ensuring overall security.聽聽
Metro rail鈥檚 weekday schedule revised for Ramadan
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has revised the weekday schedule of the metro rail services for the entire Ramadan month.
DMTCL employees withdraw pre-scheduled strike
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...
Faruque Ahmed joins DMTCL as managing director
Faruque Ahmed, a Bangladeshi civil engineer having experiences to work on different metro rail projects in different countries, joined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited as the managing director on Wednesday...
People suffer as traffic chaos reigns city roads
Traffic chaos reigned parts of Dhaka on Wednesday due to a road blockade, political programmes and metro rail construction activities, causing immense sufferings to the residents of the capital...
Passengers suffer as metro rail service disrupted
Repeated suspension of metro rail services for hours on the Uttara-Motijheel route in the capital following technical glitch in the signalling system and pressure of passengers caused huge suffering to the passengers on Saturday...
Metro rail services on Uttara-Pallabi closed again
Metro rail services on Uttara-Pallabi section closed for the second time on Saturday due to a technical fault in the signalling system...
Metro rail services on Uttara-Motijheel route resume after an hour
Metro rail services on Uttara-Motijheel route have resumed after around one hour of suspension due to a technical fault....
Minor girl raped in city, one arrested
A case was filed on Thursday over raping an 11-year-old girl, who lived in the streets near Shahbag Metro Rail Station in Dhaka...
Metro Rail鈥檚 Friday schedule revised
Dhaka Metro Rail authorities have rescheduled the Friday train service timing...
VAT ON METRO RAIL TICKETS: NBR extends exemption period
The National Board of Revenue on Monday has extended the exemption period of the value added tax on metro rail tickets for one more year...
Metro rail ticket crisis grows
The authorities are struggling to meet the increased demand for Rapid passes to be used for metro rail journeys amid an ongoing crisis of single journey tickets.
Lack of Single Journey Tickets: Suffering of metro rail passengers likely to continue
The suffering of the metro rail passengers due to shortage of single journey tickets is likely to continue for at least one more month...
DUCSU elections likely early next year: DU proctor
The long pending elections to Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and its hall unions are expected to take place by late January or early February next year, after a six-year gap since the last DUCSU polls in 2019...
Most metro rail projects in Bangladesh set to miss 2030 deadline
The sluggish pace of five of the six ongoing and proposed projects for the construction of mass rapid transit lines, popularly known as metro rail, connecting Dhaka city and its outskirts makes their completion unlikely by 2030.
Repair, replacement to cost Tk 18.86cr
Officials at the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited on Tuesday said that the repair and replacement cost of the two damaged metro rail stations at Mirpur-10 and...
Relocation of utility services causes tailback
The relocation of the lines of the utility services for the construction of mass rapid transit line 1, the first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh, is causing traffic congestion at different points in the capital...
Two lakh metro rail single tickets missing
The services of metro rail are going to resume at the Mirpur 10 station today about three months after it was closed following vandalism by some people during the student-led mass uprising...
Mirpur 10 metro rail station likely to reopen this month
The services of metro rail are likely to resume at the Mirpur 10 station this month about three months after it was closed following vandalism by some people during the student-led mass uprising.
BR, metro rail at odds over Kamalapur space
The authorities of the Bangladesh Railway and the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited which operates metro rail in Dhaka are still at loggerheads over a space for DMTCL to construct a yard for its...
Metro rail services now available on Friday in Bangladesh
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has launched the Friday operation of metro rail.
Passengers suffer in metro rail service disruption
Daylong partial suspension of metro rail services on the Agargaon-Motijheel section following the fall off of a portion of the superstructure caused huge sufferings for the passengers on Wednesday...