Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan. File PhotoDHAKA, Jan 1, 2026 (BSS) - Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Dr Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan today said some technical tests were required to be carried out overseas to ascertain what caused a metro rail accident in October killing a pedestrian in the capital. Pedestrian Abul Kalam Azad, 35, died when a bearing pad of metro rail station fell on him in Dhaka's Farmgate area on October 26. “It appears from the initial investigation that the hardness, compression set and the neoprene (synthetic rubber) of the deviated bearing pad was not up to the mark. The adviser said a “third party safety audit” was required as well to review the overall project design of the Metrorail system.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 01, 2026 14:06 UTC