All Dhaka articles
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Metro Report InternationalDhaka metro expansion reaches next stage
BANGLADESH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened an extension of Dhaka metro Line 6 and officially launched construction of Line 5. The Line 6 extension, which was inaugurated on November 4 ahead of the start of regular services the following day, runs for 8·7 km from ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork starts on Dhaka’s second metro line
BANGLADESH: Construction of the second metro line in Dhaka, designated as Line 1, was ceremonially launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on February 2. The city’s first metro line, Line 6, opened in December. The 31·2 km Line 1 will have two branches and will include ...
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Metro Report InternationalDhaka metro Line 1 ODA loan signed
BANGLADESH: The government and Japan International Co-operation Agency have signed a ¥115·237bn official development assistance loan to finance work on Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Line 1. JICA has provided number of ODA loans in recent years to support the Revised Dhaka Strategic ...
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Dhaka Metro
Single elevated line opened 2022, 12 stations. See Dhaka network map. Work on the first section of an elevated north-south line (MRT Line 6: 19·9 km, 16 stations) began in June 2016, following a hiatus after a previous October 2013 ceremony. A contract for civil engineering for the line was ...