Shawdesh desk;

A total of 253 arson attacks were recorded till 6:00am on Tuesday during the blockades and hartals called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and its allies in the ongoing movement, since the end of October.

An arson attack was reported in between 6:00am on Monday and 6:00am on Tuesday during the second day of the latest road, rail and waterways blockade called by the opposition parties.

The arson attack was carried out in Dhaka’s Gulistan area at about 2:23pm on Monday, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters’ media cell.

A total of 10 members of two firefighting units worked to douse the fire, added the fire official.

Giving a break today, the BNP and other opposition parties are going to enforce another 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Wednesday morning to protest at the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission.