Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- A bus parked by the side of the road in Dhaka's Ashulia has reportedly been torched.

The driver of the vehicle has been injured while rushing to escape the flames.

The incident occurred in front of the Women and Children Hospital in the Sarkar Market area on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway around 4:45am on Wednesday, according to Pranab Chowdhury, senior station officer of the DEPZ Fire Service.

The Fire Service and locals say that two individuals on a motorcycle arrived at the scene, set fire to the bus, and fled. Locals reported the incident to the Fire Service and a unit was dispatched to the area and brought the flames under control.

However, the bus had already been gutted by that time.

Bus driver Abdus Sattar told t...