Cars and the reception area at the Bangladesh Television building in Dhaka’s Rampura have been torched amid the ongoing ‘shutdown’ programme called by quota reform protesters. Fire Service vehicles were dispatched to the location, but they did not reach the scene because the protesters blocked them, said Ariful Islam, senior station officer at Khilgaon Fire Station. “We have been on the road since 3pm, but have not been able to enter BTV. Our vehicles turned back and returned around 4:30pm.”“They suddenly entered the building,” said BTV Chief Engineer Masud Bhuiyan. “They vandalised the cars and motorcycles in the parking lot and torched them.
