Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations were vandalised during anti-government protests in July. Dhaka Metro services were suspended for passengers in the third week of July.

“We plan to make the metro infrastructure a central facility with enhanced security to protect it from any kind of vandalism,” said Road Transport and Communications Advisor Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan.

Khan said the interim government also plans to declare metro operations as an essential service to prevent disruptions in operations.

He took the subway from Agargon station to Bangladesh Secretariat.

A Dhaka Supreme Court official told PTI that he had travelled to his office by metro on Sunday and the resumption of services had come as a huge relief to commuters like him.

On December 28, 2022, Bangladesh launched its first subway with Japanese support to ease commuting in the capital Dhaka, one of the busiest cities in the world.

The Dhaka MRT Line 6 was initially operational on a 11.73 km stretch from Uttara North to Agargaon, consisting of nine stations. The then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had inaugurated the project.

In November 2023, the 9.53 km long section from Agargaon to Motijheel with eight stations was inaugurated by Hasina.

Following unprecedented anti-government protests that culminated on August 5, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India, even though protesters had called the government’s overthrow and departure a “Victory Day.”