Metro rail operations resumed after one and a half hours of suspension this morning.

Tarafder Mahmudur Rahman, deputy director (public relations) of MRT Line-6 project, confirmed the resumption of the metro rail services.

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The operations remained suspended due to problems in power service on the Uttara-Motijheel line, Nazmul Hossain Bhuiyan, deputy general manager (admin) at Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) told The Daily Star at 9:45am.

Earlier, Tarafder said the problems in the power services appeared around 7:30am.

The services resumed around 9:50am, sources said.

The suspension of metro rail operations caused immense suffering to commuters.

A private job holder told The Daily Star, "Drenched by rain, I arrived at Pallabi station to find the closure of two gates. By chance, I noticed another gate was open and walked into the station. There were long lines of commuters, mostly office-goers, inside the station.

I questioned the ticket master -- why the platform entrance was closed. He answered that an electrical glitch halted the metro operations.

After waiting there for a while, I tried to find a bus or a CNG-run auto-rickshaw to get to my office. But failing to get any vehicle, I have decided to return home and start work from home.