3 buses torched in Dhaka
Three buses were set on fire at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram, Mohammadpur and Tanti Bazar in Dhaka on Sunday morning amid BNP’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal.
The Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the fire under control.
Shahjahan Shikder, Acting Chief of Media Wing of the Fire Service, confirmed the matter to Jago News.
He said two units of Siddiqbazar fire station extinguished the fire after a bus of ‘Shikhor Paribahan’ was set on fire at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram at 9:06am. Two units of Mohammadpur fire station doused the fire on the bus of ‘Paristan Paribahan’ at Mohammadpur town hall bazar at 10:22am.
He also said two units of Sadarghat fire station doused the fire on the bus of ‘Bihonga Paribahan’ at Tantibazar intersection at 10:28.
