Imposing VAT on metro fares and taking the service further away from the poor, it risks becoming more like a status vehicle—which rich commuters already have plenty of.

The metro railway authority is yet to decide whether to run metro trains on Fridays

Metro rail authorities will ask the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reconsider its decision to impose 15 percent VAT on metro rail fare from July 1

When it resumed its journey after the weather returned to normal, it found clothes on the overhead cable near Bijoy Sarani

The last train from Motijheel will leave at 9:40pm and the last train from Uttara North at 9:00pm

Passengers can carry 250ml water bottle around iftar time

Trains started running from 3:40pm

Metro rail authorities will operate trains every eight minutes during peak hours and every 10-12 minutes during off-peak hours

Metro trains are running late due to problems in signalling systems since this morning

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said steps are underway to increase the frequency of metro rail trains in view of commuters' growing dependence on its service

Holistic approach needed to improve public transport system

Just five years ago, if you told someone that they could commute to and from the Boi Mela in just an hour, they would have laughed at you and called you delusional.

We need a walkable city, not just grand infrastructures

Passengers suffer due to two interruptions on busy weekday

Metro rail authorities said they are having to close the entrances to the Uttara North station from time to time to cope with the heavy rush of passengers due to it being the last day of Biswa Ijtema

For commuters like  Prajukta Roy Chowdhury, a final-year student at a private university, metro rail has been a game changer.

Metro rail is only one part of the puzzle; rationalising bus lines and making bus services passenger-friendly has to be the next step.

In a city where one rarely comes across women-friendly public transportation and harassment is a common phenomenon, a coach reserved for female commuters in the country’s first-ever metro rail came as a blessing.

Ever since the metro trains started operating between Uttara and Motijheel all day, buses have been seeing fewer passengers.

The MRT-6 is now open from 7:00am to 8:00pm, running between Uttara North station and Motijheel station six days a week.