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On 15 June 2017, an agreement was signed between the government of Bangladesh and Japan to build MRT Line 2 on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. On June 7 of the following year, a sub-working group headed by Marubeni was formed to list its construction project in the PPP. [4]
The Dhaka Metro Rail is a mass rapid transit system serving Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is owned and operated by the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. [1] Together with a proposed subway system it is expected to reduce traffic congestion in the city.
In 2005, the World Bank published a study report, recommending that the government of Bangladesh build a mass transit system in Dhaka. In the same year, American consultancy firm Louis Berger Group prepared a strategic transport plan for Dhaka. [ 2 ]
To implement Dhaka's 20-year-long Strategic Transport Plan, the government of Bangladesh invited the Japan International Cooperation Agency to conduct a primary survey and feasibility study on the transport system of Dhaka in 2009–2010. In 2012, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved the project.
In 2017, an agreement was signed between the government of Bangladesh and Japan to build MRT Line 4 on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. [4] On 1 October 2019, Selina Hayat Ivy , the mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation submitted a written request to Obaidul Quader , the Road Transport and Bridges minister, to connect Narayanganj with ...
On 15 December 2019, the project was approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). At that time, the potential construction cost of the Northern Route was estimated at around ৳ 41238.54 crore (equivalent to ৳ 540 billion or US$4.5 billion in 2023). [ 7 ]
Bangladesh Railway's Parabat Express at Sylhet railway station Bangladesh Railway has approximately 3,100 kilometres (1,900 mi) of main and branch lines (route km) linking 43 of the 64 districts . [ 46 ] [ 52 ] Of these, the majority, covering 1,680 km (1,040 mi), are metre-gauge tracks, mainly in the central and eastern regions.
The MRT Line 5 (Bengali: এমআরটি লাইন ৫, romanised: Em-Ar-Ti Lain Pachh) is an approved mass rapid transit line of Dhaka Metro Rail.It will be the third line of the Dhaka Metro Rail system.