Rickshaw

Rickshaw

An estimated 1 million battery-powered rickshaws operate in Dhaka. Photo: Saqlain Rizve

Can solar power help solve Bangladesh’s auto-rickshaw electricity theft crisis?

The rise of auto-rickshaws leads to nearly Tk4,000 crore in power theft each year in Dhaka. This is where solar power could help — it may not solve everything, but it offers a real and scalable...

It has now become a familiar sight: motorised rickshaws dominate the streets, while pedal rickshaws struggle to find passengers. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Can we keep pedal rickshaws out of the museum?

Vehicles like battery-run auto rickshaws often move through the wrong side of the road, without showing any regard for traffic rules. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Illegal and unchecked: The growing menace of wrong-side driving in Dhaka

Dhaka’s roads are overrun by battery-run rickshaws. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

The fast rise of 'Banglar Teslas': Integration or eradication?

TBS Creative: Duniya Jahan

Wheels of injustice: Does Dhaka North prey on poor, but relent on rich

Battery-run rickshaws being crushed by an excavator in the capital on 13 May. Photo: bdnews24.com

Owners of three rickshaws crushed by Dhaka North will be compensated: Administrator Azaz

Commuters resort to using rickshaws amid a lack of CNGs on 16 February 2025. Photo: TBS

Is a rickshaw-free Dhaka really possible?

A screengrab of a video shows a youth hitting a rickshaw passenger in Dhanmondi on 9 March.

Attack on rickshaw passenger: What we know about Dhanmondi-7 incident

The 50-year struggle of Dhaka’s one-handed rickshaw puller

The 50-year struggle of Dhaka’s one-handed rickshaw puller

A map of Badda

Rickshaw driver killed, three-wheeler snatched in Dhaka

The number of auto-rickshaws has surged in recent years, reaching up to four million across the country. Photo: TBS

Pedal, battery-run rickshaws will soon be brought under registration: Khuda Baksh

The rickshaw was officially handed over to Mahfuj Alam, joint convener of the museum committee and special assistant to the Chief Adviser, on Thursday (7 November). Photo: UNB

Rickshaw carrying body of Shaheed Nafiz to be preserved at July Revolution Memorial Museum

File Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Rickshaw workers demand rehabilitation, better living standards