Bus set on fire in Farmgate

Miscreants set fire to a bus in the capital’s Farmgate area on Monday evening.

Firefighters were alerted to the incident around 6:30pm, and two units were sent to the spot to douse the blaze, said Rozina Akter, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.

The vehicle was parked beneath the metro rail station where it was set on fire. No casualties were reported in the incident.

On Sunday evening, another bus, belonging to Jolshiri Cantonment School and College, was set on fire in Vatara, Dhaka.