Blockade: nine vehicles torched in 10 hours

A total of nine vehicles – eight buses and a pickup van – were torched in the country in only 10 hours until 6:00 am on Sunday, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Of them, seven vehicles were burnt in Dhaka, while one in Gazipur and Barishal each.

The incidents took place hours before the commencement of a 48-hour blockade across the country called by BNP.

Meanwhile, the miscreants set a Malancha Paribahan bus on fire at Sutrapur of Dhaka at 6:09 am on Sunday.