Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- The country's first metro rail carried 3.35 lac passengers till January 30, 2023.

Metro rail authorities earned BDT 2.46 crore during this time, MAN Siddique, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd said to the media on January 31.

He briefed media at DMTCL office ahead of the opening of construction work of the nation's first underground metro rail on February 2.

Underground metro rail construction from Feb 2

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the construction work of the country's first ever underground metro rail (MRT Line-1) on February 2.

"The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the construction works of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-1 at 11:00 am on February 2 at sector...