Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured 255 votes in Thursday’s voting, against his rival’s 88
Bangladeshi lawmakers have elected Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a candidate of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), as the country’s 23rd president.
The former secretary-general of the BNP secured 255 parliamentary votes in the presidential election, while Oli Ahmed, a former army colonel from the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, received 88 votes.
The president is the constitutional head of state but the position is largely ceremonial.
The polling was held on Thursday evening, with all of the…
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