<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Commuters can use the metro rail for 12 hours from 8 am to 8 pm from Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nazmul Ahsan Bhuiya, deputy project director (DPD) of Metro Rail, said from today the metro rail will operate from 8 am to 8 pm on the Uttara-Agargaon route.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As per the new schedule, Dhaka Metro Rail will not operate on Friday instead of Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the new schedule, Dhaka Metro Rail will leave the station every 10 minutes during the peak hours (from 8 am to 11 am and from 3:01 pm to 6 pm). During off-peak hours (from 11:01 am to 3 pm and from 6:01 pm to 8 pm), the metro rail will leave the station every 15 minutes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, the operating hours of Dhaka Metro Rail was 8 am to 2 pm.</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 elevated metro rail, setting a milestone in the communication history.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to DMTCL, Dhaka Metro Rail operation till Motijheel may start by the end of 2024, and till Kamalapur by 2025. By December 2024, metro rail will start operation from Agargaon to Kamalapur with 24 trains. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>