Metro rail services will be suspended for 40 minutes on Tuesday on the occasion of Victory Day.

The information was announced on Monday by the metro rail authorities.

In a statement, the authorities said that passengers are being informed that a para-jump (the act of descending from an aircraft using a parachute) will be held in the Tejgaon Old Airport area to mark Victory Day.

For the safety of the paratroopers, metro rail services will be temporarily suspended on December 16 from 11:50am to 12:30pm.