Dhaka, May 12 -- 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. From dawn to ...

The proposed national budget for fiscal year 2025–26 includes measures that will increase the cost of producing ...

In the chaos of Dhaka traffic, one vehicle has quietly taken over: the battery-powered three-wheeler, often called the ‘Tesla’, not the sleek one from Silicon Valley, but the Bangladeshi kind.

Rickshaw-pullers have withdrawn their blockade from different roads in Dhaka after getting assurance from the law enforcers that the ban on rickshaws on three city streets will be lifted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

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 ...

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 ...

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. From dawn to the deep hours of night ...