The veteran politician’s election because the nation’s twenty third president on 20 August is cemented because the ruling BNP and its allies maintain the two-thirds majority of seats – 250 – in parliament.
Senior BNP chief Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir receives the nomination paper for the presidential election from the get together’s Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman after a gathering on the PMO within the Secretariat in Dhaka right now (13 August 2026). Photograph: BNP
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Senior BNP chief Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir receives the nomination paper for the presidential election from the get together’s Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman after a gathering on the PMO within the Secretariat in Dhaka right now (13 August 2026). Photograph: BNP
Senior BNP chief Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is ready to develop into the following president of Bangladesh because the ruling get together has chosen him as its candidate for the presidential election on 20 August.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary Basic Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement of Fakhrul’s nomination this afternoon (13 August), following a gathering of senior get together leaders, chaired by Prime Minister and get together Chairman Tarique Rahman, on the Prime Minister’s Workplace within the Secretariat.
“It’s with nice pleasure that I announce on behalf of the Bangladesh Nationalist Get together that our devoted secretary normal, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has develop into the BNP’s presidential candidate,” Rizvi stated.
Fakhrul’s election because the nation’s twenty third president is now solely a formality, because the ruling BNP holds 249 votes in parliament, together with the MPs of allied events, cementing the veteran politician’s election on 20 August.
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However, the Jamaat-e-Islami-led opposition alliance has nominated Liberal Democratic Get together (LDP) Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmad as its presidential candidate. However with 90 votes, together with the MPs of Jamaat and its present and former allies, Oli won’t be able to place up a battle within the polls.
Upon changing into the presidential candidate, Fakhrul resigned because the BNP secretary normal and as a member of the get together’s Standing Committee, he added.
Earlier, Tarique made the announcement in direction of the tip of his opening remarks on the assembly, based on Prime Minister’s Extra Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman, stories UNB.
“He introduced Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir because the BNP’s candidate for the presidential election,” Ruman stated, including that the get together leaders current on the assembly had welcomed the announcement with applause.
In line with the election schedule, nomination papers should be submitted by 4pm right now. A BNP delegation is predicted to submit Fakhrul’s nomination papers to the Election Fee in keeping with the schedule.
Fakhrul, elected from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency, presently serves because the minister for native authorities, rural improvement and cooperatives.
His nomination has additionally triggered discussions throughout the get together over who will succeed him as BNP secretary normal and who will take cost of his ministry.
The BNP collected two nomination kinds for the presidential election on 9 August.
In the meantime, the Jamaat-led opposition bloc submitted Oli’s nomination papers to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, additionally the returning officer of the presidential election, earlier right now.
In line with the Election Fee’s schedule, candidates will submit nomination papers right now. The kinds will probably be scrutinised on 16 August, whereas 18 August is the deadline for withdrawing candidacies.
The proposer and seconder on a nomination type should be members of parliament. A candidate can submit a couple of nomination, however one will probably be finalised after scrutiny.
Voting will probably be held in parliament from 2pm to 5pm on 20 August.
The nation’s twenty second president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, resigned on 24 July, citing critical well being issues, requiring the Election Fee to organise a recent presidential election earlier than the tip of his time period.
Below the Structure, Speaker of Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad is presently serving because the performing president till a brand new president is elected. Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal is presently serving because the performing speaker.
The Structure requires a brand new president to be elected inside 90 days of the workplace changing into vacant.
Having develop into the BNP’s performing secretary normal in 2011 and formally assuming the place in 2016, Fakhrul has served as get together secretary normal for greater than a decade.
He led the BNP whereas then-chairperson Khaleda Zia was imprisoned and Tarique Rahman was overseas.
