Bangladesh lawmakers set to elect Alamgir president
- Bangladesh's parliament is set to elect the country's new president on Thursday, with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir widely expected to win.
- The BNP holds more than a two-thirds majority in parliament, making it unlikely that retired army officer-turned-politician Oli Ahmed of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance will get the vote.
- Bangladesh elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir by parliamentary vote, filling vacancy after Shahabuddin’s early resignation.
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- Bangladesh's parliament is set to elect the country's new president on Thursday, with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir widely expected to win.
- The BNP holds more than a two-thirds majority in parliament, making it unlikely that retired army officer-turned-politician Oli Ahmed of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance will get the vote.
- Bangladesh elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir by parliamentary vote, filling vacancy after Shahabuddin’s early resignation.
Sources: Al Jazeera, DW