At least one person has died after security forces and opposition activists clashed in Bangladesh’s capital, as thousands of police took to the streets to foil a mass rally calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel upcoming elections.

Thousands of members of a hard-line Muslim group are rallying in Bangladesh’s capital to demand authorities enact an anti-blasphemy law punishing people who insult Islam.

A small home-made bomb has exploded outside a hotel in the Bangladesh capital where visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is staying, police said.