Passengers take free ride at some stations due to lack of staffers

The authorities have deployed six additional trains to accommodate the surge in commuters during Bishwa Ijtema

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted value-added tax on the fares of Dhaka metro rail, which has gained a lot of popularity since the beginning of its operations.

My overdue visit to Selim Kabab Ghor at Mohammadpur caused quite a stir amongst my known associates. While I tend to ignore the uninformative “I have had better,” or “They aren’t the same anymore,” there were some who came up with actual recommendations for places that they maintain taste better than the popular Mohammadpur store.

Introduces 20,000 redesigned single-journey tickets

The Mirpur-10 metro rail station has resumed operations today, almost three months after it was damaged in July last.

Mirpur-10 metro station resumed operations this morning, almost three months after it was vandalised and consequently shut down in July

The Mirpur-10 metro rail station is set to resume operations from today, almost three months after it was vandalised and consequently shut down in July.

Operations of Kazipara Metro Rail Station will resume tomorrow (Friday), DMTCL Managing Director Mohammad Abdur Rouf said today

Dhaka Metro Rail will start carrying passengers on Fridays from this week as per the demand of the travellers.

"Give us some time. We will be able give the timeframe within few days," said MAN Siddique.

Because of the hassle-free experience and peace of mind it offers, metro passes have become essential to commuters, especially students.

Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan today said it would take a maximum of seven days to resume the metro rail service

Metro rail service has been disrupted as the authorities have closed down its operation from Pallabi to Shewrapara due to a fire incident near Mirpur-10 station, officials said

"Metro rail has started regular operation as the power supply is now normal," said a post on the official Facebook page of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited

Despite the NBR not extending the VAT exemption on metro rail fares, the metro rail authorities have decided not to increase fares from today.

Metro rail operations resumed after one and a half hours of suspension this morning

Buses from Shahbagh, Gulistan and Motijheel areas were travelling in full capacity

The metro rail authorities are likely to miss the 2030 deadline for completing two of the six planned metro lines in Dhaka as they have not yet started carrying out feasibility studies for the two lines.

Dhaka is one of the most unliveable cities in the world, which does not go hand-in-hand with the progress made by the country, says the road transport and bridges minister