MRT Line-5

Funding for Gabtoli-Dasherkandi metro line confirmed

The prospect of having another major metro rail route in Dhaka looks bright as financing for the construction of the southern route of Mass Rapid Transit Line-5 has been confirmed.

Mrt Line-5 Construction: Southern route to cost 35pc higher than northern

The government is going to construct another metro rail line, whose construction cost per km is some 35 percent higher than that of a similar metro line.

Mrt-5 Northern Route Alignment: RHD, metro rail authority at odds

The metro rail authorities and the Roads and Highways Department are in a tussle over the route alignment of MRT-5 (north), physical work on which is expected to start in July.

ADB intends to give $2.5b for MRT-5’s southern route

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has showed its intention to mobilise $3.5 billion along with a co-financier for the implementation of the southern route of the Dhaka Mass Rapid Development Project’s MRT Line-5, officials said.

Work on 2 more lines to start next year

The metro rail authorities are going to start the construction work for two more lines next year.

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Funding for Gabtoli-Dasherkandi metro line confirmed

The prospect of having another major metro rail route in Dhaka looks bright as financing for the construction of the southern route of Mass Rapid Transit Line-5 has been confirmed.

February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023

Mrt Line-5 Construction: Southern route to cost 35pc higher than northern

The government is going to construct another metro rail line, whose construction cost per km is some 35 percent higher than that of a similar metro line.

February 25, 2023
February 25, 2023

Mrt-5 Northern Route Alignment: RHD, metro rail authority at odds

The metro rail authorities and the Roads and Highways Department are in a tussle over the route alignment of MRT-5 (north), physical work on which is expected to start in July.

February 5, 2023
February 5, 2023

ADB intends to give $2.5b for MRT-5’s southern route

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has showed its intention to mobilise $3.5 billion along with a co-financier for the implementation of the southern route of the Dhaka Mass Rapid Development Project’s MRT Line-5, officials said.

December 29, 2022
December 29, 2022

Work on 2 more lines to start next year

The metro rail authorities are going to start the construction work for two more lines next year.