Agargaon-Motijheel section of metro rail set to open on October 20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the metro rail service in the Agargaon-Motijheel route on October 20, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday.

A rally will be held at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital at 3:00pm on October 20, marking the inauguration, the minister said while exchanging views with journalists at the conference room of the Road, Transport and Bridges Ministry in the Secretariat, according to UNB.

The construction work of the northern route of MRT Line 5 will be inaugurated on September 16, Quader also said.

On October 28, a rally will be held in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila to mark the inauguration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually inaugurate 140 bridges, 12 overpasses across the country from the newly-constructed Sarak Bhaban in Dhaka on October 22. A vehicle inspection centre will also be inaugurated at the same time.