Joynal Abedin Khan :
Another arson victim succumbed to his injuries at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital [DMCH] on
Friday afternoon while the death toll rises to 100, including 75 burn victims, during the ongoing blockade progarmme of BNP-led 20-part alliance.
The victim was identified as Jahid Ahmed, 38, a truck driver, who received burn injuries in a firebomb attack in Narsingdi district on February 12, Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Adviser to the DMCH burn of DMCH told the New Nation on Friday.
At least two hundred and fifty people are receiving treatment after receiving burn injuries from arson attacks in several hospitals across the country, Dr Samanta Lal said.
Earlier, a burn victim succumbed to his injuries at the burn unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Hossain, 50, who was injured on February 15, said Dr Mrinal Kanti Das, head of CMCH burn unit,
He received burn injuries in Lalpool area beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway on the fateful day, he said.
More than one hundred people were killed and several hundreds received injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bombs and explosive materials during the last 47th day of ongoing blockade and hartal programmes since on January 5, sources said.
Besides, at least eight people received fresh arson injuries, four vehicles were torched and several cocktails exploded in the capital and elsewhere of the country yesterday.
A bus of Pallabi Super Paribahan was torched in front of Sony Cinema Hall at Mirpur-1 in the afternoon. However, no one was injured in this incident.
Two cocktails were exploded at East Rampura area in the afternoon. Two cocktails exploded at Nilhhet area at might.
A gang of blockaders torched a passenger bus of Balaka Paribahan in Nabisco area early hours of the day.
In Chittagong, miscreants set a goods-laden truck an fire on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai upazila of the district in the evening.
In Dinajpur, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two people with 12 petrol bombs from a shop in Munshir Para area of the district in the evening. The detainees are Debendranath Roy and Harunur Rashid.
Miscreants set a bus of Apon Paribahan an fire in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj district early of the day.
At least six persons received burn injuries as a group of miscreants hurled a petrol bomb on a passenger bus in Konabari in Sirajganj early in the morning. Miscreants hurled petrol bombs at a Sylhet-bound train Kalni Express in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj in the early hours of the day.
Another arson victim succumbed to his injuries at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital [DMCH] on
Friday afternoon while the death toll rises to 100, including 75 burn victims, during the ongoing blockade progarmme of BNP-led 20-part alliance.
The victim was identified as Jahid Ahmed, 38, a truck driver, who received burn injuries in a firebomb attack in Narsingdi district on February 12, Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Adviser to the DMCH burn of DMCH told the New Nation on Friday.
At least two hundred and fifty people are receiving treatment after receiving burn injuries from arson attacks in several hospitals across the country, Dr Samanta Lal said.
Earlier, a burn victim succumbed to his injuries at the burn unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Hossain, 50, who was injured on February 15, said Dr Mrinal Kanti Das, head of CMCH burn unit,
He received burn injuries in Lalpool area beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway on the fateful day, he said.
More than one hundred people were killed and several hundreds received injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bombs and explosive materials during the last 47th day of ongoing blockade and hartal programmes since on January 5, sources said.
Besides, at least eight people received fresh arson injuries, four vehicles were torched and several cocktails exploded in the capital and elsewhere of the country yesterday.
A bus of Pallabi Super Paribahan was torched in front of Sony Cinema Hall at Mirpur-1 in the afternoon. However, no one was injured in this incident.
Two cocktails were exploded at East Rampura area in the afternoon. Two cocktails exploded at Nilhhet area at might.
A gang of blockaders torched a passenger bus of Balaka Paribahan in Nabisco area early hours of the day.
In Chittagong, miscreants set a goods-laden truck an fire on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai upazila of the district in the evening.
In Dinajpur, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two people with 12 petrol bombs from a shop in Munshir Para area of the district in the evening. The detainees are Debendranath Roy and Harunur Rashid.
Miscreants set a bus of Apon Paribahan an fire in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj district early of the day.
At least six persons received burn injuries as a group of miscreants hurled a petrol bomb on a passenger bus in Konabari in Sirajganj early in the morning. Miscreants hurled petrol bombs at a Sylhet-bound train Kalni Express in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj in the early hours of the day.
