Bangladesh’s presidential election began, with lawmakers voting to choose the country’s 23rd president in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The lawmakers are set to choose between the ruling BNP stalwart Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 11-party opposition alliance candidate Colonel Oli Ahmed. The voting will take place till 5 PM today.
The president-elect will take the oath as Bangladesh’s new president tomorrow evening at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban.
The presidential election was necessitated after Mohammed Shahabuddin, a close aide of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned last month on health grounds before completing his five-year tenure.
