India, Dec. 25 -- A crude bomb blast in Bangladesh's Dhaka killed a man on Wednesday amid tensions in the country following the death of a prominent student leader last week and violence that erupted in connection with the same.

A man was killed after miscreants hurled a crude bomb from a flyover in Dhaka's Moghbazar Wireless Gate at around 7 pm on Wednesday, reported Bangladeshi media outlet The Daily Star.

The deceased was identified as Saiful.

The bomb blast comes ahead of the return of Tarique Rahman, the Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and heir to the influential Zia family. He is set to land in the country on Thursday, ending his nearly 17 years in exile in London, his party said on Wednesday.

Rahman, the 60-...