Autorickshaw

Autorickshaw

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

He added that "If I say today that no autorickshaw will be allowed on the roads from tomorrow, and the police start taking action, think how many drivers will come out in protest"

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