<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Unidentified arsonists set a bus on fire in Dhaka’s Gulistan area this morning, on the first day of the latest blockade called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A bus of Bahon Paribahan was burnt around 10 am, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of FSCD headquarters (media cell).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two fire-fighting units from Siddique Bazar station reached the spot and doused the blaze at 10:16 am, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No casualties were reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Monday night, miscreants set two buses on fire in Dhaka’s Tikatuli and Mohammadpur areas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BNP and like-minded parties are observing hartals and blockades across the country to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>