Bomb Blast in Bangladesh Wound 30 - 2004-08-07

In Bangladesh, a bomb blast outside a hotel in the northeastern city of Sylhet has wounded at least 30 people.

Authorities say the wounded have been taken to a nearby hospital.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The explosion comes just two days after a blast outside two cinemas in Sylhet killed a teenage boy and wounded at least seven others.