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The presidential election has begun in the National Parliament at 2 pm on Thursday. A special session has started in the Parliament. The election official and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin is presiding over the election. In the election, BNP former secretary general and LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is contesting on behalf of the ruling party. On the other hand, LDP Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmad is contesting as the candidate of the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance.&n...

The second-ever presidential election after three and a half decades will take place in the Parliament Chamber from 2 pm to 5 pm on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony of the 23rd president is expected to take place on Friday.   Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC), the Parliament, and the president’s office have completed all preparations for both the election and the oath-taking ceremony. The Speaker and Acting President Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will administer the oath of office....

National Parliament’s Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni informed Agamir Somoy that the new president will take the oath at 7:30 pm on 21 August. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Darbar Hall of president’s office. Voting for the presidential election is scheduled to be held on Thursday in the Parliament. Two candidates are competing for the position of the country’s 23rd president: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from the BNP and Col (retd) Oli Ahmad from the 11-party alliance le...

Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been finalized as the party’s candidate for the presidency. The decision to nominate Fakhrul was finalized during a meeting of the standing committee held at the Secretariat on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. He has also resigned from his posts as BNP secretary general and member of the party’s Standing Committee. Meeting sources said Fakhrul will submit his nomination pap...

Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance announced Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmad as their candidate for the post of president. It may seem surprising because Oli has consistently maintained an anti-Jamaat stance throughout his political career. However, a close observation of Bangladesh’s “power politics” reveals that survival and securing benefits often become more important than principles or ideology. Oli was a close colleague of former president Ziaur Rahman and...

Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for the 23rd presidential election of the country, which is set to take place on 20 August. Senior Secretary Akhter Ahmed confirmed the matter on Thursday. The final date for submitting nomination papers for the presidency is 13 August. The scrutiny of the submitted nomination papers will occur on 16 August, and the deadline for the withdrawal of candidacy is 18 August. The voting will take place on 20 August from 2 pm to 5 pm. According to the...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin held a meeting with the Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal as part of the preparations for organizing the presidential election. Following the meeting held at the Parliament on Tuesday, CEC Nasir said while primary discussions regarding the upcoming presidential election have been completed, no specific date or schedule for the election has been finalized yet. He added that the meeting held discussions on all necessary legal and procedural issues, inc...