One dead, 25 hurt in Bangladesh blast

DHAKA – One man was killed and nearly 25 wounded in Bangladesh yesterday in a blast near a court building where lawyers were marching as part of a daylong strike, police and witnesses said.

Police and local reporters covering the strike said the explosion occurred at a police checkpoint near the building in Gazipur, 30 km north of the capital Dhaka. Some of the wounded had been rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, one of them died on the way, hospital doctors told reporters.The court complex was the same place where six people died and 50 were wounded in a suicide bombing on Tuesday.Three other people, including two police officers, were also killed the same day by a would-be suicide bomber outside a court building in Chittagong port city.The bomber, who gave his name to police as Abul Bashar, lost both legs and his right hand in the blast and died in hospital yesterday, police said.It took the death toll from suicide blasts since Tuesday to 12, including three bombers, police said.Yesterday, police recovered a live bomb at an administrative building at Narayanganj town, 16 km east of the capital Dhaka.Explosive experts from elite force Rapid Action Battalion removed the “powerful bomb” from the building, a police officer said.- Nampa-ReutersSome of the wounded had been rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, one of them died on the way, hospital doctors told reporters.The court complex was the same place where six people died and 50 were wounded in a suicide bombing on Tuesday.Three other people, including two police officers, were also killed the same day by a would-be suicide bomber outside a court building in Chittagong port city.The bomber, who gave his name to police as Abul Bashar, lost both legs and his right hand in the blast and died in hospital yesterday, police said.It took the death toll from suicide blasts since Tuesday to 12, including three bombers, police said.Yesterday, police recovered a live bomb at an administrative building at Narayanganj town, 16 km east of the capital Dhaka.Explosive experts from elite force Rapid Action Battalion removed the “powerful bomb” from the building, a police officer said.- Nampa-Reuters