Rickshaws In Dhaka

Bicycle rickshaws are the most popular modes of transport in Bangladesh and are available for hire throughout the country including the capital city Dhaka, known as the “Rickshaw Capital of the World“. The rickshaws here are carrying passengers but they are often adapted to transport all sorts of goods. Because of inflation and unemployment in the rural areas, people from villages crowd in the cities to become rickshaw drivers locally called the riksha-wala.

Rickshaw in Dhaka with driver waiting for passengers, 2008

Rickshaw with two passengers, Dhaka 2008

Rickshaw with passenger, Dhaka 2008

Rickshaw with passenger, Dhaka 2008