presidential-election

Newly sworn in President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has begun his official duties at Bangabhaban for the first time since taking the oath of office. President Fakhrul arrived at Bangabhaban at 11 am on Sunday. A well decorated mounted police unit welcomed him at Gate 2. Later a smartly turned-out contingent of the Bangladesh Army's President Guard Regiment (PGR) presented him with a guard of honor at the Credential Field. According to the state-run news agency BSS, after the guard of h...

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...