Metro rail services in the capital are likely to resume from August 25, said the authorities on Tuesday.
It was also decided that the trains would not stop at the damaged Mirpur 10 and Kazipara stations.
A press release, issued by the road transport and bridges ministry, on the day also said that the protesting metro rail employees joined work on Tuesday.
Around 700 Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited employees from Grade-10 to Grade-20 were observing an all-out work abstention from August 6, demanding an end to injustice and discrimination in their jobs, including upgradation of their pay scales.
On Monday night, a board meeting of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited took decision to hike the salaries of the employees from Grade-10 to Grade-20, said a company official seeking anonymity.
The release said that the newly appointed Road Transport and Highways Division senior secretar,y Md Ehsanul Haque, visited the metro rail鈥檚 Press Club station on Tuesday.
He discussed with the company officials and directed them to take necessary steps to resume the services immediately.
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited is the implementing agency of the metro rail.
Ehsanul Haque also mentioned that due to maintenance and repair work Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations would remain closed for the time being.
During his visit, company managing director MAN Siddique and other senior officials were present.
Earlier, the authorities closed down metro rail services for an indefinite period since July 20 amid the student protests.
On July 19, Mirpur-10 and Kazipra stations were vandalised during the protests.
A decision to resume the metro rail services from August 17 was announced at a meeting of the Advisory Council of the interim government held at the state guest house Jamuna on August 11.
But the authorities backtracked from the decision citing unavoidable reasons.
Insiders said that the decision was cancelled as the authorities could not start trial run of the trains before resuming the services following the strike of the employees.
Most of these employees are engaged in metro rail operation and maintenance work.
The 20.1-kilometre-long Mass Rapid Transit Line鈥�6 project, popularly known as the metro rail, was inaugurated on the 11.73-kilometre-long Uttara鈥揂gargaon section on December 28, 2022.
The services of the country鈥檚 first-ever electricity-powered elevated and air-conditioned rail system from Agargaon to Motijheel were inaugurated in November 2023.