An auto-rickshaw driver died and a passenger was injured after being hit by a truck in Chapainawabganj on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam (27) of Narendrapur area of the district, confirmed Sajjad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station. Read : Two die in separate road accidents in Savar The incident happened around 8:00 pm on Thursday when the truck hit the autorickshaw from behind, killing Rabiul on the spot at Shibtola area beside Sonamasjid highway of the city, said the OC. Read : Two bikers killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka The injured passenger, Selim (19) of Narendrapur area, was rescued by locals and admitted to the 250-bed district hospital, said the police official. After being informed, police went to the spot, seized the truck, and arrested its driver, Gaffar Ali (55), OC Sajjad added. Read : Traffic police killed in Gaibandha road accident; 3 arrested

Two people were dead and two were injured after a bus rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Yakub Ali, 30, son of Billal Hossain at Malikhil village in Daudkandi upazila, and Jotsna Begum, 55, wife of Abul Kashem in Chhotana village of Devidwar upazila. The injured Nusrat Jahan,7, and auto driver Mazarul,38, were first admitted to Gouripur Hospital. Later, they were sent to Dhaka as their condition deteriorated. Also Read: 2 killed, 15 hurt on Barishal-Patharghata highway after bus crashes into tree Md Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daudkandi Highway Police Station, said a Cumilla-bound bus of Tisha Paribahan hit the auto-rickshaw in Dighirpar area on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway around 11:30 am, leaving Jotsna Begum dead on the spot. Yakub Ali died on the way to the hospital, added the OC. Police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene, said the officer, adding that legal action will be taken in this regard.    

A 35-year-old CNG run-autorickshaw driver was crushed under the wheels of a train in Lalamatia area of the Sylhet city on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased—Ali Hossain, was son of Abdul Khaleq of Paschim Bilerbon village under Zakiganj upazila. Majedul Islam, sub inspector of Government Railway Police (GRP) in Sylhet, said the accident happened around 3pm when the speeding Sylhet-bound train ‘Surma Mail’ crashed into the autorickshaw driven by Ali while it was crossing the Lalmatia Rail Line under Mogla Bazar police station, leaving him dead on the spot. Read more: Unidentified man crushed under train in Sylhet On information, members of the GRP rushed to the spot and recovered the body, he said. The body will be handed over to the victim’s family after completing the legal procedure, he added.

An 18-year old autorickshaw driver was hacked to death at Hathazari upazila in Chattogram on Monday. The deceased was Tarek, hailing from Noakhali. He used to live in a rented house in Signboard area of the upazila. Also read: Rohingya boatman hacked to death in Cox's Bazar According to locals, Tarek’s throat-slit body was lying on Dataram Road in Elite City near Chowdhury Hat area on Monday night. Informed by locals the body was recovered from the spot around 9 pm and was sent for an autopsy, said Md Sohrawardy, In- charge of Madunaghat police outpost. The cause of the death could not be known yet and Hathazari police station is investigating the matter, he said. Also read: RMG worker hacked to death in N'ganj

A teenager in the capital’s Mohammadpur area was hospitalized after being seriously injured in a stabbing attack. Imran Hossain, 16, an autorickshaw driver and son of Alauddin from Bhola’s Char Fashion, was stabbed due to previous enmity over a Carrom board game, he claimed. The incident occurred at around 7 pm on Tuesday near Rayerbazar Intellectual Memorial. READ: SSC examinee stabbed dead in Thakurgaon Rabeya Akhter, younger sister of the victim, said several teenagers picked up Imran from their house and left him stabbed near the Intellectual Memorial. He was rushed to Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital from where he was brought to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the evening as his condition deteriorated. READ: Woman, baby boy stabbed dead in Narsingdi, husband held Imran said due to an argument he was taken away. He claimed eight to ten people including  Shaon, 17, and Billu, 17, stabbed him at random. Md Bachchu Mia, police inspector of DMCH police camp, said the teenager was undergoing treatment at the emergency department of the hospital.

Bangladesh Autorickshaw and Light Vehicles Transport Workers Federation (BALVTWF) on Saturday held a human chain and demonstrated in front of National Press Club demanding assistance from the government to survive the general holidays announced to prevent coronavirus outbreak.

An organisation of autorickshaw and tempo workers said its members are not getting food aid from the district administrations although the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MDMR) in a letter on March 29 asked them to extend support.   An official document, received by UNB, shows the MDMR issued a letter to all deputy commissioners (DCs) asking them to prepare a list of all the daily wage earners who lost their employments due to Covid-19 to provide them food support.    It said the Prime Minister has asked to provide food support by preparing a list of beggars, day labourers, rickshaw pullers, van drivers, transport workers, restaurant workers, vendors, teastall owners, especially those who depend on their daily earnings.   Besides, food support has to be provided to people including agriculture workers by preparing city corporation, municipality and union parishad-based lists.   “This lists have to be prepared in coordination with affluent people, organisations and NGOs who are also providing support so that any duplication could be avoided,” mentioned the letter signed by Md Shah Kamal, senior secretary of the ministry.   Mentioning the directives of the letter, leaders of Bangladesh Auto-rickshaw-Autotempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) alleged that as a transport sector workers association, they submitted a list of auto-rickshaw and auto-tempo workers to the district administrations to help them enlist their names in their lists.    “But so far we got no response from DC offices except in few districts,” Golam Faruk, BAATWF general secretary, told UNB.    “Even we submitted our area-based workers list to DC office in Dhaka and Dhaka North and South City Corporations, but so far got no response,” he added.   He said drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws are passing days in misery as they have been left without work amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing coronavirus.   Faruk said like other vehicles, three-wheelers also remained off the streets after the government shut all modes of transportation across the country from March 26.   Usually, auto-rickshaw drivers earn money on a daily basis. They have no work now, putting the drivers and their families in serious trouble.   Normally, an auto-rickshaw driver earns about Tk 500 a day after meeting others expenses, including deposit to auto-rickshaw owner, he added.