The government is expected to hike import duty on batteries, which in recent times have been used to run modified ...

The soft jingle of rickshaw bells weaving through the bustling alleys and traffic-choked arteries of Dhaka has long been a signature sound of the city's heartbeat.

Battery-powered rickshaws have been banned from operating on Dhaka's main roads, as Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Ejaz announced a crackdown on illegal battery-run ...

Rickshaw-pullers have withdrawn their blockade from different roads in Dhaka after getting assurance from the law enforcers that the ban on rickshaws on three city streets will be lifted soon.

Swapan, a rickshaw puller from the northern district of Mehendiganj, transported a man bleeding from bullet wounds in the Banasree area of southern Dhaka. “I took him as far as the Goran Tempo ...

Today, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed ‘Rickshaws and Rickshaw painting in Dhaka’ on the Representative List of the Intangible ...

But many fear that despite being added by the United Nations cultural agency this month to its list of intangible cultural heritage, the colourful craft is fading in the face of faster, modern ...

Ask any autorickshaw driver or a rickshaw-puller on the streets of Dhaka, and they respond mutely. "Even we don't know what lies ahead. We just need to go through the struggle of our daily lives ...

Dhaka, Dec 7 (EFE).- The United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO, has recognized Bangladesh’s rickshaw and rickshaw painting as intangible cultural heritage, the country’s foreign ministry ...