6 lakh unfit vehicles ply roads
Over six lakh registered motor vehicles are currently running around the country without updating their mandatory fitness certificates despite repeated bans on their movement...
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BRTA walks back move on auto-rickshaw amid protests
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on Sunday backtracked on its order to the police to file cases against drivers for charging more than the meter reading amid CNG-run-auto-rickshaw drivers鈥� protests in Dhaka city.
Auto-rickshaw drivers protest at police harassment
Auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the road in front of Kotwali police station in Chattogram protesting at police harassment, including arbitrary fines and extortion...
Unattended level crossings continue to cause death
CASES of trains ramming vehicles on the level crossing, leaving people dead, hardly appear to be ending even after a noticeable number of such accidents. At least seven died after a train had hit a battery-powered auto-rickshaw at Burichang in Cumilla on November 26. Railway authorities say that the level crossing was unauthorised and unattended. In a business-as-usual move, a committee was formed...
Seven people killed as train hits auto-rickshaw in Cumilla
At least seven people, including four women, were killed and three more injured as a train hit a battery-powered auto-rickshaw at a level crossing at Kalikapur area under 鈥嬧�婤urichang upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday...
Protest erupts at JU after student dies in road accident
Protests erupted on the Jahangirnagar University campus on Wednesday, demanding justice for the death of a female student who was hit by a battery-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday...
JU student dies in road accident on campus
A fresher student of Jahangirnagar University was killed being hit by a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the campus on Tuesday evening...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...