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Suspension of Metro rail service causes immense suffering
Special Correspondent
Transportation
2024-05-26, 12:24am
Suspension of Metro rail service causes immense suffering
Dhaka, May 25 - Dhaka city dwellers have faced immense suffering due to the suspension of metro rail service on Saturday evening.
The operation came to a halt at 6:45pm due to the electric glitch, DMTCL Secretary Mohammad Abdur Rauf told the media.
"Considering the safety of the passengers the metro rail movement was suspended" he said.
“However, we managed to resume the service at 8:20pm”, he added.-UNB