BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as Bangladesh's new President
He will take the oath as Bangladesh's 23rd President on Friday evening at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban.
Ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Thursday elected as the country's new President in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The 78-year-old BNP stalwart defeated his rival Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed, the Liberal Democratic Party chairman and the nominee of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party opposition alliance, Chief Election Commissioner and also Election Returning Officer AMM Nasir Uddin said. Alamgir secured 255 votes while Oli Ahm…

<iframe src="https://hindustansphere.com/embed/cluster/4d99f1d18caed84a60d0ab727104e0fa0e8deb69" width="100%" height="320" style="border:0;max-width:680px" loading="lazy" title="BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as Bangladesh's new President"></iframe>
Ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Thursday elected as the country's new President in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The 78-year-old BNP stalwart defeated his rival Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed, the Liberal Democratic Party chairman and the nominee of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party opposition alliance, Chief Election Commissioner and also Election Returning Officer AMM Nasir Uddin said. Alamgir secured 255 votes while Oli Ahm…
