Passenger bus set on fire in Gulistan

Tuesday, during the country-wide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by the BNP and Jamaat, a group of people set fire to a bus in front of the General Post Office (GPO) in Gulistan.

Two units of firefighters went to the spot to douse the fire, confirmed Lima Khanom, control room officer of the Bangladesh  Fire Service and Civil Defence.

The fire service received information about the fire at around 1pm. At the time this report was filed,  no casualties reported.

Earlier this morning, at least four people, including a mother and her son, were killed as three coaches of the Mohanganj Express train were set on fire in the city‍‍`s Tejgaon. 

During last month‍‍`s political unrest, there have been numerous incidents of trains and cars being set on fire across the nation.  

The purpose of today‍‍`s nationwide hartal was  to emphasize the calls for the existing government‍‍`s resignation and the restoration of a caretaker government.