<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>No long route buses left Chattogram district on Tuesday during the first day of a three-day blockade imposed by the opposition.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>No vehicles were seen plying on Dhaka-Chattogram highway but movement of vehicles inside the cities was normal.</div><div><br></div><div>No long route buses left Chattogram for Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban and Khagrachari districts.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, three buses were torched on the first day of the nationwide three-day blockade, enforced by BNP and like-minded opposition parties on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Miscreants set fire to a bus at Saltgola area in the Port City around 6am and two others at Dampara Bus counter and Oxygen-Hathazari road around 10:30 am on Monday and 3:30 am early today, respectively, said Rubel Hawladar, officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>On information, firefighting units extinguished the blaze.</div><div><br></div><div>However, no one was injured during the arson attacks.</div><div><br></div><div>Police arrested fourteen picketers from the Akbar Shah City Gate area in the afternoon, said Waliullah Akbar, officer-in-charge of Akbar Shah Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>They also vandalised 10-12 vehicles from City Gate to Pakkar Matha.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, security has been beefed up on highways as BGB personnel were seen patrolling on Dhaka-Chattogram highway and Mirsarai upazilas since Monday night, said Manirul Islam, assistant superintendent of (Mirsarai circle) police.</div><div><br></div><div>Two platoons of BGB have been deployed in Mirsarai and Jorarganj areas to avoid untoward incidents, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Shahed Minhaz Siddique, Commanding officer of BGB-8 Battalion, said four platoons BGB have been deployed in Sitakunda and Mirsarai upazilas to ensure safety on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.</div><div><br></div><div>No picketing was seen but the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists brought out processions in support of the blockade. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>