BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as Bangladesh’s new President
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Thursday (August 20, 2026) 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…
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