Battery-run rickshaws have caused multiple accidents in recent times and have raised safety concerns not only for pedestrians but also for those who ride these vehicles. The lack of proper training for drivers has created this situation, as most of them do not have enough experience to operate battery-generated engines.

Amid the worldwide development of electric vehicles, which is changing the traffic landscape away from fossil fuels, Bangladeshi mechanics brought their humble version of an e-vehicle to the road: a battery-run rickshaw -- awkwardly wired, with visible battery units slinging on the back.

Nasrul said this while replying to a question from ruling Awami League MP Shamim Osman, who demanded a government ban on these vehicles

At least six including three of a family are killed and one other injured after a truck rams a battery-run auto-rickshaw head-on in Panchagarh Sadar upazila.

A group of auto-rickshaw drivers beat up a traffic police constable allegedly for seizing a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Meradia of Khilgaon in Dhaka