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Bangladesh's parliament is expected to elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, as the nation's 23rd president on Thursday following the party's landslide victory in February elections.
Bangladesh's home minister says the government is petitioning to cancel bail granted to fugitive ex-police chief Benazir Ahmed in the UAE, alleging he may hold passports from multiple countries to evade extradition.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigned Friday, citing health reasons, abandoning his five-year term nearly two and a half years early. Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed will serve as interim president pending elections.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has resigned on health grounds, citing autonomic neuropathy that causes periodic loss of consciousness. The move weakens the political position of ousted Premier Sheikh Hasina as she prepares for a possible return.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin is expected to resign soon as the government seeks to consolidate control following last year's political upheaval. His departure would mark a final break from the pre-uprising administration.
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister living in India, has declared she will return home and appear in court to contest her death sentence, dismissing charges related to a deadly 2024 crackdown as politically motivated.
Senior Bangladesh officials have warned that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be imprisoned upon her return from exile in India, contradicting her recent statement about voluntarily surrendering to the courts in December.