4 dead as train聽 bumps into auto-rickshaw at Ramu
At least four people, including three from a family, were killed as a train rammed a CNG-powered autorickshaw at a level crossing in the Rashidnagar area at Ramu in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Saturday.
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CNG-run autos on strike in B鈥檅aria over police abuse
CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and workers in Brahmanbaria went on an indefinite strike, protesting alleged harassment by traffic police, extortion, vehicle seizures and corruption related to license renewals...
Challenges of urban traffic policing 鈥� I
TRAFFIC management remains one of the most pressing urban governance issues in Bangladesh, particularly in rapidly expanding metropolitan areas such as Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna. The responsibility of ensuring road safety, maintaining order and enforcing traffic laws primarily lies with the traffic police. Despite their crucial role, traffic policing in Bangladesh...
BUET-designed e-rickshaws to ply Dhaka streets
The Dhaka North and South city corporations are set to introduce battery-run e-rickshaw, designed by Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, in the capital from the first week in August in designated areas...
Authorities have issues to shore up to ban three-wheelers
DISMANTLING battery-powered rickshaws to keep them off the main road should not be the way to deal with the threat and menace that the technically fragile vehicles pose. The Dhaka north city authorities on May 13 conducted a drive against battery-powered rickshaws and seized dozens from the main roads, declared off-limits to such vehicles, and destroyed...
DNCC to debar rickshaw movement on main roads
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Ezaz on Tuesday said that it would debar rickshaw movement on main roads within its purview while a campaign was underway against battery-driven rickshaws...
12 injured as auto-rickshaw drivers attack NCC building
Twelve people, including some officials of Narayanganj City Corporation, were injured in an attack by the unauthorised auto-rickshaw drivers at the corporation鈥檚 building in Narayanganj on Monday...
Bus, auto-rickshaw services halted for 2nd day in Bhola
Internal bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw services across five routes in Bhola remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Monday, following a violent clash among transport workers that erupted on Sunday, causing severe hardship for passengers...
Ban on battery-run rickshaws demanded
Members of the Road Safety Movement, a joint platform of the activists of the road safety movement, on Sunday demanded a ban on production of battery-run auto-rickshaws, locally made three-wheelers, and their movement on main roads...
Govt drafts two guidelines for electric 3-wheelers, rickshaws
The government has drafted two separate guidelines to manage and control electric three-wheeler vehicles and battery-run rickshaws...
3 arrested during protest at crackdown on battery-run rickshaws in Ctg
Three individuals, including leaders of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Basad in short, and Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, were arrested during a rally in Chattogram on Tuesday, protesting at the ongoing crackdown on battery-run rickshaws and alleged police harassment...
DNCC warns of crackdown on illegal auto-rickshaw workshops
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Ejaz on Saturday said that a joint operation would be conducted to shut down illegal battery-run auto-rickshaw workshops and charging stations in the capital.
BAN ON BATTERY-RUN RICKSHAWS: Drivers clash with Banani residents
Battery-run rickshaw drivers clashed with pedal rickshaw-pullers and local people on Monday morning, while protesting at a ban on battery-run rickshaws at Banani in the capital.
Battery-run rickshaw pullers block Gulshan-1 crossing
Battery-run rickshaw pullers blocked the Gulshan-1 crossing on Friday morning for about 10-12 minutes protesting at a joint drive by the Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Gulshan Society.
Indecision about three-wheelers makes roads more chaotic
THE government鈥檚 stance on banning three-wheelers, considered technically flawed and, therefore, more prone to accidents, from national and regional highways appears confusing. There have so far been a number of government and court orders that have banned CNG-run auto-rickshaws, battery-run rickshaws and vans, 鈥榚asy bikes鈥� and improvised motorised and...
6 lakh unfit vehicles ply roads
Over six lakh registered motor vehicles are currently running around the country without updating their mandatory fitness certificates despite repeated bans on their movement...
Cancellation of an enforcement order is not the answer
THE Bangladesh Road Transport Authority鈥檚 hasty decision to cancel its order on enforcing a meter-based fare for CNG-run auto rickshaws, as stipulated in the Road Transport Act 2018, is yet another case of poor governance that has been plaguing the public transport sector. On February 10, the BRTA sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, reminding them to file...
BRTA walks back move on auto-rickshaw amid protests
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on Sunday backtracked on its order to the police to file cases against drivers for charging more than the meter reading amid CNG-run-auto-rickshaw drivers鈥� protests in Dhaka city.
Auto-rickshaw drivers protest at police harassment
Auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the road in front of Kotwali police station in Chattogram protesting at police harassment, including arbitrary fines and extortion...
Japanese man ends 6,000km Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town
A 34-year-old Japanese man, Yuji Gump Suzuki, on Sunday arrived in Cape Town to end a more than 6,000-kilometre (3,700-mile) journey from Kenya to South Africa on foot while pulling a rickshaw.
Solo exhibition promotes rickshaw painting
A solo traditional rickshaw painting exhibition of artist Nobo Kumar Bhadra titled 鈥楻ickshaw Artistry: A World Heritage鈥� is underway on the Gulshan premises of Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka.
Rights activists want recognition of battery-run rickshaws
Labour rights activists on Wednesday came up with an eight-point demand, including enactment of policy on battery-run three wheelers such as rickshaws, authorisation of these vehicles and their drivers, and state-supported modernisation of these rickshaws...
Rickshaw is essential, e-rickshaw is not, DMP commissioner says
Mentioning that the three-wheeler vehicle is essential for the sake of the people, Dhaka Metropolitan police commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Tuesday said that the auto-rickshaw was responsible for reducing the walk-able spaces in Dhaka city.
Unattended level crossings continue to cause death
CASES of trains ramming vehicles on the level crossing, leaving people dead, hardly appear to be ending even after a noticeable number of such accidents. At least seven died after a train had hit a battery-powered auto-rickshaw at Burichang in Cumilla on November 26. Railway authorities say that the level crossing was unauthorised and unattended. In a business-as-usual move, a committee was formed...
Seven people killed as train hits auto-rickshaw in Cumilla
At least seven people, including four women, were killed and three more injured as a train hit a battery-powered auto-rickshaw at a level crossing at Kalikapur area under 鈥嬧�婤urichang upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday...
Guidelines for movement of battery-run rickshaws sought
Passenger鈥檚 rights activists on Monday demanded immediate formation of guidelines for the proper management and control on the movement of battery-run rickshaws and other small vehicles...
SC issues one-month status quo on HC order banning movement of battery-run rickshaws
The Appellate Division on Monday issued a one-month status quo on the High Court order that banned the unauthorised and unlicensed battery-run rickshaws from plying the Dhaka city streets amid protests...
Rickshaw driver held over JU student鈥檚 death
Jahangirnagar University鈥檚 security officials handed over a battery-run rickshaw driver to police on Monday, following allegations of reckless driving that caused the death of a first-year student on November 19...
Battery-run rickshaw drivers continue protests聽
Several thousand battery-run rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked several roads in the capital city pressing for their 12-point charter of demands that included allowing them to ply city roads...
Drivers to stage demo in city today
Battery-run rickshaw drivers on Saturday announced to hold a sit-in programme in front of the National Press Club in the capital today for realising their demand to scrap the High Court鈥檚 November 19 order to stop plying of battery-run rickshaws on Dhaka city roads...