<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A total of 253 arson attacks have been recorded till 6 am today during the blockades and hartals called by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties since the end of October.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>An arson attack was reported between 6 am on December 4 till 6 am today during the second day of the latest road, rail and waterways blockade called by the opposition parties.</div><div><br></div><div>The arson attack was carried out in Dhaka’s Gulistan area at 2:23 pm on Monday, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters’ media cell.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 10 members of two firefighting units worked to douse the fire, added the fire official.</div><div><br></div><div>Giving a break today, the BNP and like-minded opposition parties are going to enforce another 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Wednesday morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>