The death toll from the petrol bomb attack on a bus at Gaibandha has risen to seven as two more victim succumbed to her injuries on Saturday.
Saju Mia, 25, of Shicha village under Chandipur union in Sundarganj upazila of the district died around 930pm and Sona Banu, 32, around 3:20pm while undergoing treatment at the burn unit of Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
Rangpur Medical College Hospital's burn unit head Dr Maruful Islam endorsed the information with the Dhaka Tribune.
A Dhaka-bound bus came under arson attack in Gaibandha around 11pm on Friday leaving five persons burnt alive.
So far, more than 60 people have died and scores have been injured in different parts of the country in violence during the BNP-led alliance enforced non-stop blockade.
Of those, a large number of arson attacks are being conducted on highways. Hundreds of vehicles, including those belonging to law-enforcers, were burnt and attacked.
The BNP led 20-party alliance has been enforcing a non-stop nationwide blockade since January 5 in protest against the “confinement” of the party chief Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia had been kept confined to her Gulshan party office since January 3 ahead of a party rally, marking “Democracy Killing Day.”
On January 12, the security was relaxed.
But Khaleda never came out; instead she said in a press conference that she was going to stay there and the blockade would continue unless the government took the first steps towards solution.
The relaxed blockade is underway across the country amid sporadic incidents of violence, arson attacks, vandalism and arrests of BNP members.