Six buses and a taxi have been torched in Dhaka on the eve of a nationwide shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance demanding release of its top leaders jailed in a case over arson during a general strike.
A bus was torched at Karwan Bazar and another in front of the Rajarbagh Police Lines around 3pm on Wednesday, Fire Brigade control room in-charge Qazi Nazmuzzaman told .
Local people doused the fire in a Dwip Bangla Paribahan bus at Panthapath around 6pm, he said.
Another bus was torched at Malibagh and a cab at Tikatuli in the afternoon, Qazi said.
Two more buses were set ablaze in Mirpur around 7:30pm.
"Fire fighters reached the sites and doused the flames," he said and added that no casualty was reported.
Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court ordered into jail BNP's Acting Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 32 other leaders after refusing them bail in a case filed over charges of torching a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's Office during a shutdown on Apr 29.
The opposition called a countrywide general strike for Thursday demanding release of the leaders.
The hartal on Apr 29 had been enforced in protest against the disappearance of one of BNP's organising secretaries M Ilias Ali.
A bus was torched at Karwan Bazar and another in front of the Rajarbagh Police Lines around 3pm on Wednesday, Fire Brigade control room in-charge Qazi Nazmuzzaman told .
Local people doused the fire in a Dwip Bangla Paribahan bus at Panthapath around 6pm, he said.
Another bus was torched at Malibagh and a cab at Tikatuli in the afternoon, Qazi said.
Two more buses were set ablaze in Mirpur around 7:30pm.
"Fire fighters reached the sites and doused the flames," he said and added that no casualty was reported.
Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court ordered into jail BNP's Acting Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 32 other leaders after refusing them bail in a case filed over charges of torching a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's Office during a shutdown on Apr 29.
The opposition called a countrywide general strike for Thursday demanding release of the leaders.
The hartal on Apr 29 had been enforced in protest against the disappearance of one of BNP's organising secretaries M Ilias Ali.