<p>Passengers on a train coming from Kolkata today had a narrow escape when miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the 'Maitree Express' train in Bangladesh on the first day of a fresh 72-hour strike enforced by the opposition.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The attack is the latest in a spate of political violence that has claimed 75 lives so far in Bangladesh, where the opposition BNP has clamped an indefinite countrywide blockade.<br /><br />However, no casualty was reported in the incident that occurred near the Iswardi Railway Station at Pabna, police said.<br /><br />At least nine persons, including three children, were burnt alive when similar attacks occurred in the past two days as opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck.<br /><br />Miscreants blasted the petrol-bombs at the engine of the train near Iswardi Railway Station, on its way back to Dhaka from Kolkata, around 2:55pm (local time), said Sayedur Rahman, assistant director of Bangladesh Railway.<br /><br />"No one was hurt. No major damage was done as the train did not catch fire," The Daily Star Online quoted him as saying.<br /><br />"The train will head for Dhaka after its engine is changed," he said.<br />According to a report in bdnews24.com, Railway police OC Humayun Kabir said three bombs were lobbed at the Dhaka bound train as soon as it reached a Loco Shed after leaving the Iswardi station.<br /><br />The attack caused minor damages as the bombs exploded under the wheels of the train's engine.<br /><br />Initial reports did not mention if any person was arrested in this connection.<br />The incident took place on the first day of a fresh 72-hour spell of general strike, that began today, sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.<br /><br />Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has already enforced a countrywide transport blockade that entered its 30th consecutive day today</p>
<p>Passengers on a train coming from Kolkata today had a narrow escape when miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the 'Maitree Express' train in Bangladesh on the first day of a fresh 72-hour strike enforced by the opposition.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The attack is the latest in a spate of political violence that has claimed 75 lives so far in Bangladesh, where the opposition BNP has clamped an indefinite countrywide blockade.<br /><br />However, no casualty was reported in the incident that occurred near the Iswardi Railway Station at Pabna, police said.<br /><br />At least nine persons, including three children, were burnt alive when similar attacks occurred in the past two days as opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck.<br /><br />Miscreants blasted the petrol-bombs at the engine of the train near Iswardi Railway Station, on its way back to Dhaka from Kolkata, around 2:55pm (local time), said Sayedur Rahman, assistant director of Bangladesh Railway.<br /><br />"No one was hurt. No major damage was done as the train did not catch fire," The Daily Star Online quoted him as saying.<br /><br />"The train will head for Dhaka after its engine is changed," he said.<br />According to a report in bdnews24.com, Railway police OC Humayun Kabir said three bombs were lobbed at the Dhaka bound train as soon as it reached a Loco Shed after leaving the Iswardi station.<br /><br />The attack caused minor damages as the bombs exploded under the wheels of the train's engine.<br /><br />Initial reports did not mention if any person was arrested in this connection.<br />The incident took place on the first day of a fresh 72-hour spell of general strike, that began today, sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.<br /><br />Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has already enforced a countrywide transport blockade that entered its 30th consecutive day today</p>