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2 Manarat University buses torched in Mirpur

  • The incident took place at 8:20pm
  • Two firefighting units extinguish the fire
  • Incident took place at 8:20pm
  • Two firefighting units extinguish the fire
Update : 14 Nov 2023, 10:18 PM

A group of unknown miscreants set fire to two buses of Manarat International University in Dhaka.

The incident took place at 8:20pm on Tuesday in the Mirpur-1 area of the capital.

Two units of Kalyanpur fire station extinguished the fire after receiving the information.

About 154 arson attacks took places across the country from October 28 to November 13 amid hartals and nationwide blockades imposed by BNP-Jamaat and its like-minded political parties.

During the period, a total of 94 buses, three microbuses, two private cars, eight motorcycles, 13 trucks, eight covered vans, one ambulance, two pickup vans and two CNG-run auto rickshaws, human hauler, a leguna, a vehicle of fire service and a police car were set on fire.

Apart from these, five BNP offices, one Awami League office, one police box, one councillor office, two electricity offices, one bus counter and two showrooms were burnt during the period.

A total of 93 arson attacks were reported at night while the number was 61 in daytime.

The fire service statistics showed that the highest number of arson attacks (29) took place on October 28.

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