Dhaka:Miscreants set fire to a bus beneath the Farmgate Metro Station in the capital on Monday evening.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ibn Mizan reported that the Lovely Paribahan bus was torched around 635pm.
Duty Officer Rozina Akter at the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters control room stated that two firefighting units from Mohammadpur Fire Station were dispatched to the scene after receiving information about the fire. The firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control by 709pm.
In a separate incident, two crude bombs exploded in front of South East University in the Tejgaon area. No casualties or injuries were reported in either incident, according to Mizan.