Autorickshaw

Autorickshaw

Long tailbacks in Badda, Dhaka, on 19 January 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Long tailbacks in Badda as battery-run rickshaw drivers protest demanding removal of Buet-designed model

Although the protesters have withdrawn from the road, traffic police are struggling to restore normal traffic flow

3,000 battery-run rickshaws seized in Ctg. File Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Unregulated 'Banglar Tesla' growth risks public health and economy: CPD study

Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan talks to media at the Secretariat about the overall situation and condition of highways in Dhaka. Photo: UNB

Autorickshaws risky, yet vital for livelihoods: Fouzul

BUET Professor Md Ehsan stands beside his newly designed autorickshaw—just 3.2 metres long and 1.5 metres wide—built for two passengers to ensure greater stability and prevent tipping. With a safety-focused top speed of 30 km/h, the vehicle can be produced at an estimated cost of Tk1.5 lakh. Photo: Junayet Rashel

Buet’s smart fix for Dhaka's autorickshaws

Constable Kamal Das hanging from the side of a running autorickshaw in Gazipur on 19 February. Photo: Screengrab from video

Autorickshaw driver drags policeman for 1km after asking to stop

Battery-run rickshaws should be allowed to ply only on branch roads under a regulated policy. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Banning battery-run rickshaws doesn’t work. What can?

Protesting battery-run rickshaw pullers vandalises two buses in Mirpur 10. Photos: TBS

42 arrested for vandalising vehicles, setting fire to police boxes in Dhaka's Mirpur

A driver of a batter-run auto rickshaw plying city streets. File photo: Saqlain Rizvi

Tales of 'Bangla Tesla' drivers and the hopelessness borne from the temporary ban

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. File photo: Collected

Ruling party members extorting toll from auto-rickshaw pullers: Rizvi

The batteries used by these e-rickshaws are not certified by BSTI yet there are more than three million e-rickshaws in Bangladesh currently. Photo: Saqlain Rizve

PM allows battery-run auto rickshaws on Dhaka city roads

File Photo: MumitM/TBS

Licence for battery-run autos demanded to ply on roads except highways

Rashed Kabir. Photo: TBS

Man arrested 6 months after killing 2 autorickshaw drivers in Faridpur