<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Metro rail’s Shewrapara and Uttara South stations opened to the public on Friday.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the opening of the two stations, all 9 stations on the Uttara-Agargaon route are now operational.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, MAN Siddique, the managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) said metro rail will run from 8 am to 2 pm instead of 8:30 am to 12:30 pm from April 5.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Considering the passengers' demand and aiming to provide more services, the timing has been changed,” he said in a press conference on Thursday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He also said the metro rail will start in full swing from July this year and people can enjoy the metro service from dawn to midnight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to DMTCL, the&nbsp; operation from Uttara to&nbsp; Motijheel may start by the end of 2024, and Kamalapur by 2025. By December 2024, the metro rail will start operation from Agargaon to Kamalapur route with 24 trains.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On December 28, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's first-ever elevated metro rail, setting a communication milestone in the country. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>