After 35 years, Bangladesh has elected its 23rd President through a contested vote among Members of Parliament, with BNP candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir securing the presidency. Of the 343 valid votes cast, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir received 255 votes, while Colonel (Retd) Oli Ahmed received 88 votes.
A Dhaka court has allowed the withdrawal of a case filed against four people, including the husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law of physician Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra, over her death in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.
A court has ordered the seizure of the assets of a Dhaka resident named Md Sahabuddin in a case involving allegations of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income.
A petition has been filed in a Dhaka court seeking a case against former interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, former Law Adviser Asif Nazrul and 25 others over the alleged attack, vandalism and arson at the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32.
The Law Ministry has said there is no constitutional bar to the acting Speaker administering the oath of office to the newly elected president, resolving a legal question ahead of Friday’s scheduled swearing-in ceremony.
Outgoing BNP secretary general and presidential candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir broke down in tears while delivering his farewell speech at a meeting of the party’s parliamentary group in the National Parliament Building on Wednesday. Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman also appeared emotional during the gathering.