There was delight on the face of Tasnuva Afroz as she stepped off the metro rail train and onto the platform of Motijheel station this morning.

Metro rail operations on the Agargaon-Motijheel section opened to public today as the first train left Motijheel station at 7:30am

The Agargaon-Motijheel section of the country’s first metro rail is open to the public from this morning, bringing some relief to the city dwellers facing traffic congestions on the roads every day.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today formally inaugurated the construction work of the country's third metro rail line -- Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-5 (northern route), as per the government's plan to build a 140km metro rail network in the capital and adjacent areas

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Agargaon-Motijheel section of the country's first metro rail

She also inaugurated construction work of MRT Line-5 (northern route)

Several key areas of the capital are now under the metro rail coverage as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates its Agargaon-Motijheel section today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the much-anticipated Dohazari-Cox's Bazar Rail Line on November 11, but it will be opened to traffic on December 1

Different travel agencies owe Tk 12.30 crore to Biman Bangladesh Airlines, State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali told parliament today

It takes 17 minutes to travel from Uttara to Agargaon on the metro and it will take 14 minutes to get from Agargaon to Motijheel initially, meaning the full trip from Uttara to Motijheel will take around 31 minutes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the joint inauguration of three India-assisted development projects demonstrated a rare kind of friendship and cooperation between Dhaka and New Delhi.

Commuters will be able to take the train from Uttara to Motijheel starting November 5, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the Agargaon-Motijheel section of the country’s first elevated metro line.

A handful of buses hit the streets, especially on the inter-district routes, in the last two days despite a decision of top transport associations leaders to keep services normal during the BNP-Jamaat blockade.

Sylhet's commuters are facing yet another day of public transport crisis as Jubo Dal are observing dawn-to-dusk hartal today amid countrywide three-day blockade programme enforced by BNP and Jamaat

They also inaugurated Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line; and Unit-II of Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant

Services to be suspended on Saturday for PM’s inauguration

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has directed all the locomasters and assistant locomasters to wear helmets while operating trains for safety reasons amid demonstrations by the opposition

Hasina and Modi will also inaugurate the Khulna-Mongla track on the same day

Leaders of transport owners and workers today decided to operate vehicles -- both passenger and goods -- during the three-day blockade called by BNP from tomorrow

The country’s railway network is set to see a major development next month as the newly-constructed Khulna-Mongla track will be inaugurated on November 1.