Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected Bangladesh’s 23rd President on Thursday after securing 255 votes in the presidential election held at the Jatiya Sangsad, the country’s Parliament, reported ANI.
Alamgir defeated Oli Ahmed, the candidate backed by an 11-party opposition alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP). Ahmed secured 88 votes.