The first-ever metro rail services on line-6 is going to be opened by December, 2022, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the three mega projects—Padma Bridge, Karnaphuli Tunnel and Metro Rail Line-6 the next year. Metro Rail is not a dream now as it is a visible reality,” he said while inaugurating the test run of the metro rail for reassessing their performances. Read:Dhaka Metro Rail goes on trial run The overall work of Metro rail line-6 will be completed in the next six months and 62.29% work has been completed by August 31 while 88% work of from Uttara-Mirpur area has been completed, he said. The experimental movement of Metro rail over viaduct was launched around 11:45 am from Uttara Metro Rail depot. NM Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Tranjit Company Limited, representative from the Japanese Embassy in Bangladesh and representatives from Jaica and Metro Rail Advisory Organization were present during the inaugural programme.

Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan International Cooperative Agency (Jica) over river management.