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Four more members are being added to the government’s Cabinet. The new president will administer their oaths at Bangabhaban this evening. The Cabinet expansion has been undertaken to accelerate government activities. Several ministries may also see reshuffles along with the addition of the new members. The four new members are BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan MP, Jatiya Party Chairman Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho MP, Sa Ching Prue Jerry who was elected from Bandarb...

The result was widely anticipated, and it unfolded as expected. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to take office as president after winning the election through a vote in Parliament. Voting was held in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday in the election for the country’s 23rd president. BNP nominated candidate Mirza Fakhrul won with 255 votes. His only rival, Oli Ahmed, the candidate of the 11-party alliance led by Jamaat e Islami, received 88 votes. Voting was held from 2 pm to 5 pm. The result was...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has described the presidential election as historic. He said, “The world is watching Bangladesh’s presidential election. Voting for the country’s new president will take place tomorrow, Thursday. All necessary preparations for the election have been completed.” He made the remarks while speaking about the overall preparations for the election at his office at the Election Commission building in Agargaon on Wednesday. Asked why the world...

The Election Commission has declared the nomination paper of BNP nominated candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir valid for the presidential election. Chief Election Commissioner and Election Officer AMM Nasir Uddin declared his candidacy valid today, Sunday, after scrutinizing the nomination paper. Earlier, on August 13, a nomination paper for Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was submitted to the Election Commission. Narsingdi 2 lawmaker and BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moin Khan...

A total of three nomination papers have been submitted to the Election Commission (EC) ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Of these, two nomination papers have been submitted in the name of Colonel (Retd.) Oli Ahmad, the candidate of the 11-party alliance. The other has been submitted in the name of BNP candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed disclosed the information at a press briefing held in front of his office after the deadline for submitting...

Nomination papers have been submitted for Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the presidential election. Party leaders submitted the nomination papers to Chief Election Commissioner and Election Officer for the presidential election AMM Nasir Uddin at around 2:30pm on Thursday, August 13. BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan is the proposer of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s nomination, while BNP Standing Committee Member and Dhaka 3 cons...