<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A total of 208 arson attacks have been recorded till 6 am on Sunday during the blockades and hartals enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami since October 28.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Besides, three arson attacks were recorded in 60 hours from 6 pm on November 23 till 6 am on Sunday during the ongoing 48-hour road, rail and waterways blockade enforced by the opposition parties.</div><div><br></div><div>Two buses and one truck were set ablaze during the period..</div><div><br></div><div>Of these, one was set on fire inside Dhaka city, said Md Shahjahan Shikdar, Deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence.</div><div><br></div><div>The rest two arson attacks were carried out in Cumilla’s Daudkandi and Barishal division.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;A total of 30 members of six firefighting units worked to douse the fires across the country during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>A 48-hour hartal — called by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties — protesting the general election schedule announced by the Election Commission (EC) is underway from this morning amid fear of violence. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>