Bus set on fire in Gulistan
Photo: Fire Service and Civil Defence
Arsonists set a bus on fire in Dhaka's Gulistan area this afternoon.
Unidentified persons torched the bus of Victor Classic Paribahan around 2:50pm.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Two fire engines doused the blaze around 3:08pm, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of Fire Service media cell.
No casualties were reported.
The arson attacks in different parts of the country started being reported since a clash took place between BNP and law enforcers centring the party's rally in Dhaka's Nayapaltan area on October 28.
BNP observed a hartal the following day, and since then BNP and like-minded parties started observing countrywide blockades and hartals in phases.
Today is the first day of the latest phase of two-day blockades called by BNP and its allies.
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