UNB, Dhaka :
The 26th day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, passed off amid stray incidents of violence on Saturday.
In the capital, a bus was set on fire at Johnson Road near National Medical College Hospital in old part of the city in the morning.
Three passengers of the bus were injured as they tried to get down from it hurriedly.
Police arrested 24 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from different areas of the capital in 24 hours till 6am on Saturday.
Away in Laxmipur, miscreants set fire to three vehicles, including two CNG-run auto-rickshaws, in separate places of the district early Saturday.
Witnesses said 10/12 miscreants set a cement-laden covered van afire at Poddar Bazar in sadar upazila.
Besides, two CNG-run auto-rickshaws were torched by miscreants at Jaksin-Poddar Bazar in Waidpur area of the upazila, said Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Chandraganj Police Station.
In Sirajganj, Shibir activists torched a CNG-run auto rickshaw by hurling two petrol bombs on Belkuchi-ullapara road in Krishokganj bazaar
area of Ullapara area on Saturday afternoon.
In Sylhet, four people sustained burn wounds as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus in Sobhanighat area of the city in the evening.
Witnesses said the petrol bomb was hurled at the Jaflong-bound bus in the area around 5pm, leaving four injured.
Besides, alleged blockaders vandalised two vehicles, including a Mitsubishi Hayes car of law enforcers, in Biswanath in the afternoon.
In Mymensingh, pickets blasted five crude bombs in Natun Bazar area of the district town as police obstructed their procession.
Miscreants hurled crude bombs targeting two local offices of Power Development Board (PDB) in Chittagong and Sirajganj districts.
Also in Chittagong, police arrested several madrasah students along with crude bomb-making materials from Chandanpura Darul Ulum Madrasah under Kotwali Police Station at noon.
In Tangail, at least 10 people were injured in a clash between Rapid Action Battalion members and 20-party activists in the district town in the morning.
Around 150 BNP-Jamaat men were held in different districts, including Magura, Khulna, Satkhira, Jhenidah and Chittagong.
Meanwhile, the 20-party alliance is set to enforce a 72-hour nationwide hartal from 6am on Sunday as part of its movement for restoring democracy and people’s voting right.
In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on behalf of the alliance, announced the shutdown programme.
After the announcement, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) picked up Rizvi from a house at Baridhara in the city early Saturday.
The 26th day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, passed off amid stray incidents of violence on Saturday.
In the capital, a bus was set on fire at Johnson Road near National Medical College Hospital in old part of the city in the morning.
Three passengers of the bus were injured as they tried to get down from it hurriedly.
Police arrested 24 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from different areas of the capital in 24 hours till 6am on Saturday.
Away in Laxmipur, miscreants set fire to three vehicles, including two CNG-run auto-rickshaws, in separate places of the district early Saturday.
Witnesses said 10/12 miscreants set a cement-laden covered van afire at Poddar Bazar in sadar upazila.
Besides, two CNG-run auto-rickshaws were torched by miscreants at Jaksin-Poddar Bazar in Waidpur area of the upazila, said Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Chandraganj Police Station.
In Sirajganj, Shibir activists torched a CNG-run auto rickshaw by hurling two petrol bombs on Belkuchi-ullapara road in Krishokganj bazaar
area of Ullapara area on Saturday afternoon.
In Sylhet, four people sustained burn wounds as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus in Sobhanighat area of the city in the evening.
Witnesses said the petrol bomb was hurled at the Jaflong-bound bus in the area around 5pm, leaving four injured.
Besides, alleged blockaders vandalised two vehicles, including a Mitsubishi Hayes car of law enforcers, in Biswanath in the afternoon.
In Mymensingh, pickets blasted five crude bombs in Natun Bazar area of the district town as police obstructed their procession.
Miscreants hurled crude bombs targeting two local offices of Power Development Board (PDB) in Chittagong and Sirajganj districts.
Also in Chittagong, police arrested several madrasah students along with crude bomb-making materials from Chandanpura Darul Ulum Madrasah under Kotwali Police Station at noon.
In Tangail, at least 10 people were injured in a clash between Rapid Action Battalion members and 20-party activists in the district town in the morning.
Around 150 BNP-Jamaat men were held in different districts, including Magura, Khulna, Satkhira, Jhenidah and Chittagong.
Meanwhile, the 20-party alliance is set to enforce a 72-hour nationwide hartal from 6am on Sunday as part of its movement for restoring democracy and people’s voting right.
In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on behalf of the alliance, announced the shutdown programme.
After the announcement, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) picked up Rizvi from a house at Baridhara in the city early Saturday.
