At least sixteen arson attacks were recorded till 9:00am on Monday morning during the 48-hour hartal called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jammat and some other parties.

A total of 16 vehicles were set on fire by unruly people during this time and three of those were set on fire inside Dhaka city, said Talha Bin Zashim, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense Media Cell.

Meanwhile, four arson attacks were reported in Dhaka division including Dhaka city, seven in Rajshahi, four in Chattogram, and one in Mymensingh division.

Nine buses, six trucks, one covered van, One CNG-run auto-rickshaw and three carriages of a train were burnt during this period.

A total of 144 members of 29 firefighting units worked to douse the fires across the country during this period, added the fire officer.