Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- A bus driver has died from smoke inhalation after a parked bus was allegedly set on fire in the early hours of Tuesday in Faridpur.

The incident occurred around 1:45am beside the Dhaka-Barishal Highway, near the municipal bus terminal in Goalchamot, Faridpur town, said Azmir Hossain, additional superintendent of police and circle officer for Faridpur Sadar.

The dead driver, Kalachan Sheikh, 55, was from Diknagar village in Gopalganj's Muksudpur Upazila. He had been working as a bus driver for 30 years.

Police, citing bus workers, said the vehicle belonged to Kishore-Tanmoy Paribahan, which operates on the Faridpur-Madaripur regional route. Sheikh had been driving the bus for the past one and a half years.

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