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Dhaka MRT
February 2, 2023
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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
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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
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Metros
Japan funds Dhaka MRT Line 5 North through $US 984.6m loan
The new line will run between Hemayetpur and Vatara.
September 17, 2021
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Asia
Trial running begins on Dhaka metro Line 6
Plans remain in place to start operating revenue service trains next year.
April 13, 2021
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Infrastructure
Consultants appointed for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor and Dhaka Line 5
SMEC has been appointed to provide consultancy services for both projects.
April 12, 2021
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Metros
Second 285km underground metro proposed to ease Dhaka congestion
The network would be built in addition to the metro network currently under construction.
January 20, 2021
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Asia
Dhaka circular line feasibility study completed
BANGLADESH Railway (BR) has completed a feasibility study for the planned 81km Dhaka circular railway, which is intended to ease the city’s high levels of congestion.
November 19, 2020
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Asia
Dhaka awards engineering consultancy contract for Line 5 section
DHAKA Mass Transit Company (DMTCL), which oversees the implementation of the Bangladeshi capital’s metro project, has awarded a Yen 13.5bn ($US 127m) consultancy contract for the 20km MRT Line 5 North section to a Nippon Koei-led consortium of seven businesses.
October 16, 2019
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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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