Homes and businesses of BNP leaders and activists are being vandalised or captured by AL leaders and activists, alleged BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday.

"Our leaders and activists are going through a tough time," he said during a virtual press briefing yesterday evening.

The government and the Awami League are oppressing BNP leaders and activists across the country, he said.

Law enforcers are detaining BNP activists on the instructions of the government, Rizvi alleged.

The BNP has called a hartal today from 6:00am, when its one-day blockade ends.

Six vehicles, including four buses, were torched in Dhaka, Gazipur, Bagerhat, and Sirajganj over the last two days, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

At the briefing, Rizvi claimed that law enforcers arrested over 17,710 leaders and activists in 458 cases across the country since October 28.

He also claimed that 365 BNP leaders and activists were detained and 14 cases were filed against 1,530 named and many unidentified activists in the 24 hours preceding yesterday evening.

Meanwhile, Rab in a statement said they detained 795 people across the country since October 28 over violence and sabotage.

At least three vehicles were set on fire in Dhaka and Gazipur yesterday.

A bus was set alight in the capital's Dholaipar area around 5:30am. A fire engine rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze, said fire officials.

Another bus was set on fire in the capital's Sayedabad area around 7:30pm, said Rafi Al Faruk of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

In Gazipur, criminals torched a bus on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the north Salna area of the city.

Two fire engines rushed there and doused the fire. No one was injured, said fire officials.

In another development, two people were injured in crude bomb explosions in Dhaka and Rajshahi.

In the capital's Bijoynagar area, three crude bomb exploded that left two people hurt around 3:00pm yesterday.

Talking to reporters at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, one of the injured said he is a Swechchhasebak League leader of Dhaka south city unit.

In Rajshahi, criminals exploded a crude bomb on the Rajshahi Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court building premises yesterday.

Three people were detained in this connection, said Rofiqul Haque, officer-in-charge of Rajpara Police Station.