president election

president election

Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman embraces president-elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir after the Election Commission declared the presidential election results at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today. Photo: BNP Media Cell

Fakhrul gets 8 independent, Islami Andolan MP votes beyond BNP tally

Three coalition partners also backed the BNP candidate, who secured 255 votes in today’s presidential election.

Bangladesh’s 23rd President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Photo: Courtesy

Mirza Fakhrul elected 23rd President of Bangladesh with 255 votes

Photo: Collected

Would the opposition presidential candidate win if there were no Article 70?

Photo: Collected

Writ challenges Article 70 of Constitution, seeks stay on presidential election

NCP Convener and MP Nahid Islam, along with 11-party alliance leaders, at a press conference on Minto Road in Dhaka on Sunday, 9 August 2026. Photo: TBS

We expected president to be elected under July Charter, but govt rejected referendum verdict: Nahid

File photo of Bangabhaban. Photo: BSS

Presidential election set to break 35-year run of unopposed contests as Jamaat enters race

Illustration: TBS

Presidential election on 20 Aug

Illustration: TBS

How Bangladesh elects a new president

President Mohammed Shahabuddin. File photo: Collected

Challenging legality of president’s election: SC fines petitioner Tk1 lakh for ‘wasting its time’

File photo of Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal briefing the media. Photo: Collected

Controversy over presidential election ‘unnecessary’: CEC

BNP has no interest in presidential election: Mosharraf

BNP has no interest in presidential election: Mosharraf

Presidential election schedule to be announced on Wednesday

Presidential election schedule to be announced on Wednesday

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot leaves after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (PTI)

Rajasthan's CM Gehlot apologises, opts out of Congress poll citing moral responsibility