With aesthetic glimmer first rickshaw was emerged in Chittagong in 1919. In Dhaka rickshaw first appear in 1938. One landlord of old Dhaka first brought this vehicle in the capital. Once rickshaw was consider as gorgeous van. According to city corporation, there are seventy six thousand in Dhaka. Nowadays Dhaka is the city of rickshaw.

Bangladeshi rickshaw is artistic decorated by plastic flower, ornaments and rickshaw art. These arts are done by enamel colors, usually bold and vivid. At the back of rickshaw there are beautiful paintings of grameen scenarios and Bangladeshi movie stars. After independence, we witnessed the paintings portraying the Liberation War. The forms of art changes with time. By emerging of the digital technology, the rickshaw art now facing the struggle of existence The rickshaw artists are illiterate and have no formal art education. However this high motif art is not well recognized by the schools of art.

Rickshaw pullers comes from the villages, mostly are economically marginalized. With vision of a good life, the illiterate villagers migrant to Dhaka after fighting with poverty. But don't get job. At last take rickshaw pulling like hard job.

By doing a whole days of hard  work a rickshaw puller still can not earn proper money for quality existence. The average income to a rickshaw puller is 200 taka  but it is higher than the garments. But rickshaw pullers can not lead a good life due to illiteracy and superstitions. They generally take unhygienic food in the roadside restaurants. However the rickshaw pullers are not socially well recognized. They live in slums, generally don’t have family planning and can not send children to school, thus thing then into street children. Bachelor rickshaw pullers live like homeless people whereas they are actually NOT homeless.

After whole day hard job they return with weak body and mind. With limited income they can not maintain family properly. So wife also join in income generation, do job as housemaid or garments worker. Because of poverty can not send children to school. One son also becomes rickshaw puller like father. Such a way going on their life circle.