Bus set on fire in Gazipur

UNB :
Miscreants set a bus on fire at Jirani bazar in Gazipur city on Thursday during the daylong hartal called by BNP.

Asaduzzaman, assistant commissioner of Gazipur police, said miscreants intercepted a Dhaka-bound bus on Kaliakoir-Nabinagar road at 9:30 am and set it on fire.

No casualty was reported. There were a few passengers on the bus.

No one was arrested as miscreants managed to flee the scene.
Despite fear of arson attacks, a number of vehicles including public transport were seen plying the city streets.

Additional police were seen performing their duties at all key points of Dhaka.

The opposition parties’ shutdown is meant to register their protest against the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC), and to mount pressure on the government to quit, hold the next election under a non-party neutral government and release the opposition leaders and activists, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.