Miscreants kill auto-rickshaw driver, steal the vehicle
Unidentified miscreants murdered an auto-rickshaw driver before stealing his vehicle at Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Saturday...
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Holistic approach needed to discipline city road regime
ENFORCEMENT failure lurks as the authorities meant to keep road regime disciplined have failed to keep unfit and unauthorised vehicles off the road. Unfit vehicles such as buses, trucks, pickups and privately owned cars continue to create chaos on the road in a few ways. Whilst unfit vehicles keep emitting black smoke, adding to the air pollution which often...
Commuters suffer as rain inundates streets of Dhaka
Heavy rainfall on Friday afternoon submerged several parts of Dhaka, leading to immense suffering for commuters.
Two killed, seven injured as bus hits auto-rickshaw in Pabna
Two passengers of a battery-run auto-rickshaw were killed and seven others, including the auto-rickshaw driver, were injured after a bus rammed their vehicle in Pabna on Sunday morning, said the police.
DMP begins drive against battery-run rickshaws
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police traffic department has begun drives against unauthorised battery-run rickshaws plying main roads in the city ignoring traffic rules after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5...
Auto-rickshaw driver stabbed to death in city, case filed
A battery-run auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of muggers at Basabo slope of Khilgaon flyover in Dhaka on Saturday...
DMP reimposes ban on auto-rickshaws in main roads
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police traffic division announced on Saturday that battery-run auto-rickshaws, locally made three-wheelers, and other slow-moving vehicles would no longer be allowed on main roads in the city...
Natore district police withdraws ASI
The Natore district police withdrew assistant sub-inspector Abdus Selim on Saturday night after a video of him beating a rickshaw puller went viral earlier that day...
鈥楴oise鈥� showcases rickshaws of Dhaka
Visual artist AFM Moniruzzaman Shipu has portrayed rickshaws and their significance as a mode of transport at his solo exhibition under way in...
Electric three-wheelers contribute Tk 97,625 crore to economy
The economic contribution of battery-run auto-rickshaws in Bangladesh is Tk 97,625 crore, revealed a study by the Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network...
BRTA, owners want fare doubled, deposit hiked
Protests are on the rise in reaction to a recent initiative to hike up the fare and daily deposit amount of the CNG-run auto-rickshaws running inside the Dhaka and Chattogram metropolitan cities...
Legalisation of battery-run vehicles demanded
Leaders of Rickshaw, Battery Rickshaw-Van and Easy bike Sramik Union on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, demanding...
Govt backtracks on ban on battery-run rickshaw 聽
The government has backtracked on its decision to ban operations of unauthorised battery-run rickshaws in Dhaka city amid street protests by...
Police clash with聽battery-run rickshaw pullers
Over a dozen people were injured as battery-run auto-rickshaw pullers clashed with police in Dhaka on Sunday, demanding the withdrawal of...
4 killed as auto-rickshaw drivers clash in Habiganj
At least four people were killed and more than 50 injured as two groups of auto-rickshaw drivers clashed for two hours at Baniachaung upazila in Habiganj on Thursday afternoon...
DNCC provides umbrellas, saline to rickshaw pullers
The Dhaka North City Corporation has started providing umbrellas, oral saline, and drinking water to rickshaw pullers for their health safety amid the ongoing heatwave...
Two people killed as ambulance, auto-rickshaw collide head-on
Two people were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw on the Pabna-Rajshahi highway at Singa in Pabna on Saturday night...