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February 2, 2023 | Metros

Dhaka MRT Line 1 construction begins

Bangladesh prime minister inaugurates $US 5.2bn project to build nation’s first underground metro.

October 27, 2022 | Infrastructure

Construction of Dhaka MRT Line 1 metro to start in December

Contract for overseeing the works has been signed with a joint venture led by Japanese Nippon Koei.

July 1, 2022 | Metros

Japan funds Dhaka MRT Line 5 North through $US 984.6m loan

The new line will run between Hemayetpur and Vatara.

September 17, 2021 | Asia

Trial running begins on Dhaka metro Line 6

Plans remain in place to start operating revenue service trains next year.

April 13, 2021 | Infrastructure

Consultants appointed for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor and Dhaka Line 5

SMEC has been appointed to provide consultancy services for both projects.

April 12, 2021 | Metros

Second 285km underground metro proposed to ease Dhaka congestion

The network would be built in addition to the metro network currently under construction.

January 20, 2021 | Asia

Dhaka circular line feasibility study completed

BANGLADESH Railway (BR) has completed a feasibility study for the planned 81km Dhaka circular railway, which is intended to ease the city’s high levels of congestion.

November 19, 2020 | Asia

Dhaka awards engineering consultancy contract for Line 5 section

DHAKA Mass Transit Company (DMTCL), which oversees the implementation of the Bangladeshi capital’s metro project, has awarded a Yen 13.5bn ($US 127m) consultancy contract for the 20km MRT Line 5 North section to a Nippon Koei-led consortium of seven businesses.

October 16, 2019 | Metros

Bangladesh approves two additional MRT lines

BANGLADESH’S Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved two large Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) projects in Dhaka worth Taka 940bn ($US 11bn), which it says will radically transform the capital’s transport system.

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