, Nov. 10 -- A bus driver died after inhaling smoke as miscreants set fire to a stationary bus beside Dhaka-Barishal highway near the municipal bus terminal in Goalchamot area of Faridpur city early Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Kalachan Sheikh, 55, son of late Nuruddin Sheikh of Diknagar village in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj. He had been working as a bus driver for around 30 years.

Police and bus workers said Kalachan used to sleep inside the bus when it got late at night.

Azmir Hossain, additional superintendent of police (Sadar Circle) in Faridpur, said three people arrived on a motorcycle and one of them poured petrol on the bus before setting it on fire.

The driver, who was sleeping inside, was not directly burnt bu...