Two buses were torched in Jatrabari and Dhanmondi areas of Dhaka today, on the first day of the BNP's hartal.

A bus was set afire in front of Jatrabari Police Station around 9:57pm.

Two fire engines of Postogola Fire Station were trying to douse the blaze, said Rashed Bin Khaled, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters.

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Earlier, a bus of Mirpur Super Link service was set on fire by unidentified criminals in Dhaka's Dhanmondi at around 8:20pm.

On information, two fire engines went to the spot, in front of Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Hospital, and doused the blaze, he added.

There were no reports of casualties.