I have no objection to BUET designing a rickshaw—the initiative is fine, if done properly! The problem lies elsewhere. Mechanical engineers can work on the engine, speed, wheels, brakes, the mechanical frame of the vehicle. But beyond that, a vehicle also involves the structural integrity of the materials used, metallurgy, tactility, ergonomics, usability and user-experience …
The last government decided to split the four hundred year old city into North and South Dhaka. The original decision had some merit to it. Dhaka is enormous in terms of population and complexities. The greater metropolitan area hosts about 25 million people (2024 estimate), which is comparable to Norway, Finland, Ireland, Denmark and Croatia’s …
Everyone in the streets of Dhaka is in constant negotiations. It is observed better when there is no traffic police or signal at an intersection. I call this “organic negotiation” a miracle—how thousands of people cross these intersections without incidents! No rule, no discipline, it still works just on human negotiations; probably it works more …