Dhaka Metropolitan Police will ensure security at the country’s first metro rail, set to be inaugurated on Wednesday, until a dedicated force is available.

Metro rail will initially run for fours a daily from 8:00am and the duration will be increased as passengers get habituated with the new mode of public transport.

The Metro rail services will be operated for four hours daily--from 8:00am to noon-- in the beginning and the time will be increased depending on how passengers get habituated to the new mode of public transport.

Police have set seven conditions for residents and businesses along the Agargaon to Uttara’s Diabari metro rail route for the security of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she is going to ride the train on December 28.

Police have set seven conditions for residents and businesses along the Agargaon to Uttara's Diabari metro rail route for the security of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she is going to ride the train on December 28.

Metro rail authorities are planning to start selling single- and multiple-use cards after launching the country's first metro rail on December 28.

Dense fog forced the authorities to halt vehicular movement on the Bangabandhu Bridge for three hours this morning.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has called for a 50 percent reduction in the metro rail's minimum and per kilometre fare.

Bangladesh Railway has started its biggest recruitment process in recent time as the state-run rail transport agency is running short of manpower, hampering its services seriously.

Commuters on the Dhaka-Aricha and Nabinagar-Chandra highways are suffering in severe gridlock since today morning.

People’s wait for the country’s first-ever metro rail is going to end when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opens the new mode of public transport on December 28.

Bangladesh Railway has cancelled eight trains from Dhaka to different destinations in the country’s north and northwestern regions today following the derailment of a freight train in Tangail last night..The trains are: Rajshahi-bound Silk City Express; Lalmonirhat-bound Lalmoni Express; R

No inter-district bus will be allowed to park outside of its own terminal from on April 1 next year, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam said today.

Rail communications between Dhaka and northern districts were restored this morning, around 10 hours after a freight train derailed in Tangail's Kalihati upazila last night.

The Uttara North Station near Diabari yesterday was abuzz with staffers, officials and engineers for preparations, as the country’s first-ever Metro Rail service is expected be launched commercially by the end of this month.

Metro rail authorities today held a demonstration of the facilities inside metro rail station ahead of the first phase of the elevated rail project opening to public in the last week of this month.

The proposed Bhanga-Jashore-Benapole Highway development project will be setting an example of how poor planning and uncertainty over funding can escalate the implementation costs sharply.

A scuffle broke out between Dhaka-bound passengers and Novoair staff at Saidpur Airport this morning over a delayed flight.

The new railway line bewteen Akhaura and India's Agartala will be opened by June, Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujon has said.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has issued guidelines for vehicular movement at key points in the capital on the occasion of Victory Day on December 16.