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Md Ikramul Haq, 37, an auto-rickshaw driver arrested in Cumilla over allegations of raping a woman, poses for a photograph after his arrest in the Juktikhola area of Chauddagram upazila on 12 October 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Cumilla auto-rickshaw driver arrested after rape confession video goes viral

Police say the accused went into hiding after the video circulated online.

Auto-rickshaw drivers stage protest in Dhaka on Monday (5 October 2026). Photo: TBS

Battery-run rickshaw drivers demonstrate in Dhaka, demand end to 'police harassment'

Battery-run rickshaws on a Dhaka street. File photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Govt to shut illegal autorickshaw charging points, tighten roadwork rules to ease traffic 

File photo of State Minister for Primary and Mass Education, Bobby Hajjaj. Photo: Collected

Dhaka-13 cracks down on battery-run rickshaws on Bobby Hajjaj's directive

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Which vehicles dominate Bangladesh roads?

Photo: TBS

Brahmanbaria commuters suffer as CNG, auto-rickshaw strike enters third day

For many manual rickshaw-pullers, the shift to battery-operated rickshaws is no longer a choice, but a matter of survival. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

‘It’s a question of survival’: How auto-rickshaws are battering pedal rickshaws to the brink of extinction

Illustration: TBS

The elusive quest for balance

Empowering rickshaw pullers through training, regulations, and accountability

Empowering rickshaw pullers through training, regulations, and accountability

Rickshaw pullers from different parts of Dhaka heads to Shahbagh on Monday, 26 August 2024 morning. Photo: TBS

Rickshaw pullers give 5 days to ban battery-run rickshaws

Police disperse proteting ricckshaw pullers as they blocked the Rampura-Badda road for around 45 minutes on Monday (20 May) morning. Photo: TBS

Battery-run rickshaw drivers stage demo in Badda, Kuril, Khilkhet

3 killed, 1 injured in Cumilla road accident

3 killed, 1 injured in Cumilla road accident

CNG powered auto-rickshaw. Photo: UNB

BRTA to issue 4000 new permits against scrapped auto-rickshaws