| Nearly 50 people were wounded when a bomb exploded on Monday at an opposition rally in Bangladesh’s northeastern district of Sunamganj, witnesses and private television networks said. The bomb went off after a senior leader of the main opposition Awami League party, Suranjit Sengupta, finished addressing the rally in his constituency of Dirai, about 350 km (210 miles) from the capital, Dhaka. Suranjit, a member of parliament, escaped unhurt, witnesses and media said. Suranjit, speaking by phone, told Reuters one man died in the blast but police did not confirm the death. Monday’s blast comes one month after an explosion at a Muslim shrine in the nearby town of Sylhet killed three people and hurt nearly 60, including British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury. Awami General-Secretary Abdul Jalil condemned the blast, saying, "It is part of a continuing persecution of the opposition by untamed radical groups." He did not elaborate. |