Police in the capital of Bangladesh say a homemade bomb has exploded outside a hotel where the president of India is staying.
It was not immediately clear whether Pranab Mukherjee was in the hotel Monday in Dhaka at the time of the blast.
Police say no one was injured in the explosion, which comes amid a nationwide general strike in Bangladesh called by Islamists to protest the death sentence handed down to one of its senior leaders.
Officials say at least 58 people have died in clashes …
