Rickshaw puller

Rickshaw puller

A collage shows informal workers in Dhaka, including rickshaw pullers Salamat and Khaleda and cobbler Moni Rishi, whose livelihoods are increasingly affected by extreme heat and rising temperatures. Photo: Tashahud Ahamed Rafim/TBS

Beneath burning sky: Everyone feels heat, but informal workers pay highest price

As heatwaves intensify across Dhaka, rising temperatures are shrinking incomes, worsening health risks and exposing the vulnerabilities of the city's informal workforce

File photo of the rickshaw-puller Md Azizur Rahman being beaten by mob while paying tribute at Dhanmondi 32 on 15 August 2025. Photo: Collected

Police recommend rickshaw-puller beaten at Dhanmondi-32 be exempt from the case

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Women take to driving rickshaws, not only a man's job anymore

A man, who identified himself as a rickshaw-puller, beaten by mob today (15 August, 2025) while paying tribute at Dhanmondi 32. Photo: Collected

Rickshaw-puller beaten at Dhanmondi 32 granted bail in attempted murder case

A man, who identified himself as a rickshaw-puller, beaten by mob today (15 August, 2025) while paying tribute at Dhanmondi 32. Photo: Collected

Rickshaw-puller beaten at Dhanmondi 32 sent to jail in August 2024 attempted murder case

A man, who identified himself as a rickshaw-puller, beaten by mob today (15 August, 2025) while paying tribute at Dhanmondi 32. Photo: Collected

Rickshaw-puller beaten by mob at Dhanmondi 32 while attempting to pay tribute, taken into police custody

Army deployed in Banani 11 to disperse rickshaw pullers on 21 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Battery-run rickshaw drivers clash with locals over ban in Banani, quelled by army

Sumi Mary Cruz, single mother of two dependent sons, drives a rickshaw in Rajshahi, desperate to make ends meet for the sake of her children. Photo: TBS

The rickshaw that carries a mother’s love and sacrifice

In 2020, Dhaka rickshaw puller Mohammad Shukkur displayed the slogan, “It’s not my clothes but your mentality that is to blame for rape” on his rickshaw. Despite criticism, he rode with it for over a year until it rusted off. Now, amid rising rape cases, he vows to restore it, renewing his call for change. Photo: Collected

Truth on three wheels: A rickshaw puller’s protest against victim blaming in rape

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

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

A healthy individual requires approximately 2,100 calories per day, but the meals rickshaw pullers consume rarely meet this standard. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

A cup of tea and bread: The bare bones diet of rickshaw pullers

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Five sent to jail over death of rickshaw puller 'denied treatment' during uprising

Md Sonu. Photo: Collected

Rickshaw puller shot dead in Mohammadpur Geneva Camp