A 2025 study of MRT users in Dhaka found that around 43 percent of passengers rely on informal rickshaws as their primary transport to stations.

The true kings of Dhaka's roads aren't the buses, cars, or traditional rickshaws—they're the battery-powered rickshaws.

For some, the battery-run vehicles are a time-efficient and cost-effective blessing; for others, they are a dangerous disruption to the already precarious traffic system.

Pedal rickshaw pullers blocked Shahbagh intersection this morning demanding a ban on battery-operated rickshaws on main roads.

It is inspiring to see the role of rickshaw-pullers in and around the student protests in Bangladesh.

Dhaka is the world's rickshaw capital

A day after the government allowed battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes to operate on the Dhaka city roads, the drivers held a "victory rally" at Jatiya Press Club this morning

The government is now allowing battery-run rickshaws on Dhaka streets after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to regulate the vehicles under a specific guideline.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes will ply on the Dhaka city roads

Several people injured, a number of vehicles vandalised

Commuters forced to walk kilometers to reach their destinations

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that the government is taking steps to stop battery-run rickshaws from plying the roads in the capital

When exactly did we start appreciating the rickshaw, to a point that we now consider it to be part of our collective identity?

Rickshaw painting is an art unique to Bangladesh with its unusual burst of colours. What started with a view to attracting more customers with colourful rickshaws has now become an ambassador of our lives. UNESCO recently recognised rickshaws and rickshaw paintings as intangible cultural heritage.

Three people including a woman are killed as a truck rams a rickshaw in front of the upazila health complex in Chouddagram upazila of Comilla.

Begging is not what Shahidul Islam wanted to do for a living. In fact, he always considered this particular way of making a living disgraceful, and wanted to earn his livelihood through decent means.

AL-backed Dhaka South City Corporation mayor candidate Sayeed Khokon and a number of councillors allegedly hire rickshaws to give voters a free ride to the voting centres.

A minor girl killed and her mother injured as a bus hit a rickshaw at Gulistan in Dhaka

Five people have been killed as a speeding truck ploughs through a rickshaw and roadside shops in Bogra town