A 65-year-old rickshaw puller was killed as a speeding pickup van hit his vehicle in the capital's Kakrail Monday night, police said. Tajul Islam was from Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari and used to live in the Rampura TV Station area in Dhaka. Md Romen Miah, a sub-inspector (SI) of Ramna Police Station, said the accident occurred around 8.45pm when the pickup van crashed into the rickshaw in front of Judges Complex in Kakrail, leaving Tajul critically injured. The 65-year-old was declared dead after being rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at 9:15pm. The body has been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy, the SI said. Read more: 2 killed, 4 hurt in Natore road crashes              

A 7-year-old child died after falling from her grandmother's lap while they were on a battery-run rickshaw in the capital's Konabari on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased is Tahmina Akter Tanisha, daughter of Abul Kalam of Matlab upazila of Chandpur.The victim's paternal uncle Mehedi Hasan Sajal said the child lived with her family in Jatrabari.He said Tanisha along with two other children were going to Dogair Bazar from Matuail by a battery-run auto-rickshaw.  On the way, Tanisha fell on the road from the lap of her grandmother, leaving her seriously injured.She was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where Tanisha succumbed to her injuries under treatment.Confirming the matter, Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost in-charge Bacchu Mia said the body was kept at the hospital morgue and Jatrabari police station has been informed about the matter.

If you have crossed Gulshan 1 circle or got caught in its signal this week, you have surely noticed the colorful rickshaw hoods installed on the north-east triangular island. As a means to promote the ARCASIA Forum 20 taking place in Dhaka this month, Architecture Department of different Universities were asked for installations at different nodes of Dhaka. “Experience Dhaka by Rickshaw” is BRAC University’s Architecture Department’s take on the City Branding Installation.