DMTCL

A joint venture between India’s Tata Projects, Japan’s Nishimatsu Construction, and Toda Corporation secured the contract to construct the first underground section of the Dhaka Metro Rail. The contract, valued around $653 million, covers the construction of a 5.182-kilometer underground railway and three stations. In a statement released on Thursday, Tata Projects confirmed that the Nishimatsu-Tata-Toda Joint Venture received Contract Package-06 (CP-06) from Dhaka Mass Transit Compa...

Although there are no restrictions on clothing on the metro rail, an athlete trainer wearing shorts was stopped for nearly 40 minutes after police objected to what they described as “indecent” clothing.The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) acknowledges that it has no authority to determine what passengers should wear on public transport. However, statements from MRT Police indicate that the officers on duty considered wearing shorts to be a form of “public nuisance.”On Sunday, athlete t...