Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will pay respects at the graves of former president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister and former BNP chaiperson Khaleda Zia before taking the oath as president of Bangladesh at Bangabhaban this evening (21 August).
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Darbar Hall of the presidential residence at 7:30pm.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will administer the oath of office to the president-elect, according to Bangabhaban.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, cabinet members, and hundreds of distinguished guests are expected to attend the event.
BNP candidate Fakhrul was elected the country’s 23rd president yesterday (20 August), defeating his lone rival LDP Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmad, the candidate of the opposition 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami, in the presidential election held in parliament.
Out of all 343 valid votes, Fakhrul secured 255, while Oli Ahmad got 88.
Among the 349 voters, six lawmakers did not vote in the presidential election.
The six voters who did not turn up are BNP lawmakers Mirza Abbas, Mostafa Kamal Pasha and Dr Muhammad Osman Farruk, independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana, Jamaat lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam and Islami Andolan Bangladesh lawmaker Md Oli Ullah.
The Election Commission (EC) later issued a gazette notification declaring Mirza Fakhrul elected as the President of Bangladesh.
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