Dhaka, March 26 -- The metro rail service in Dhaka will be extended by an hour from Wednesday ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

According to the new schedule, the last trains will depart from Uttara North at 9pm and Motijheel at 9:40pm.

Currently, the last train from Motijheel departs at 8:40pm, while the last train from Uttara sets off at 8pm.

MAN Siddique, managing director of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, announced the extension on Tuesday at a press conference at the Expatriate Welfare Building in Dhaka's Eskaton.

"We had promised to extend the timing of the metro rail. We have done that. From tomorrow, Wednesday (Mar 27), the metro rail will run for an hour longer. Until now, the last metro rail train from the Uttara North Station ...