The last girder segment of the 20.1 km Mass Rapid Transit Line 6 viaduct will be installed around 11 am tomorrow.

The eagerly-awaited Dhaka metro rail project is set to witness huge cost escalation and time extension after a new drawback has shown up in the design: inconvenient entrance and exit points at the stations.

Country's first ever metro rail will start its commercial operation from December 16 next year.

Physical work of the country's first underground metro rail is expected to begin in March next year, authorities have said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh government sign agreements for $33.26 million in loan for a project to design the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line 5 (Southern route) that will help ease the traffic and pollution burden in Dhaka city.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves two more metro rail projects worth Tk 93,800 crore.

Construction work on two more metro rail lines will begin soon as the government aims to reduce traffic congestion and pollution in the capital.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for formation of a separate police unit for ensuring security of metro rail.

Construction of a rail track around the capital is expected to begin in June next year, to further ease the city's perennial traffic woes, officials said.

The money spent on an expensive project like metro rail must be justified by ensuring it provides quality and optimum service to the public, said the country director of Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the overall work progress of the much-sought 20-kilomtere metro-rail service from Uttara to Motijheel stood at 21 percent now as 35 percent work of its 12-kiolomtere-long first phase from Uttara to Agargaon has been done.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin says maintaining a balance between development and environmental safety issues is the biggest challenge of the present government.

The much-hyped first-ever metro rail service in Dhaka is expected to start initial operations from next year. Here's all you need to know about metro rail project.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate works of metro rail project at the end of March.