Bus set on fire beneath Farmgate Metro Station

Miscreants set fire to a bus beneath the Farmgate Metro Station in the capital on Monday evening.

Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ibn Mizan said the Lovely Paribahan bus was torched around 6:35pm.

Duty Officer Rozina Akter at the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters control room said two firefighting units from Mohammadpur Fire Station rushed to the scene after receiving information about the fire.

The firefighters brought the blaze under control at 7:09pm, she said.

In a separate incident, two crude bombs exploded in front of South East University in the Tejgaon area.

However, no casualties or injuries were reported in either incident, Mizan said.