After 35 years, Elected new President. Prime Minister greets Him with rose.

Staff Correspondent. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman immediately greeted newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir with a rose. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected the 23rd President of Bangladesh. This candidate of the ruling party BNP was elected head of state by the votes of the members of parliament. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir received 255 votes in the election. And his rival, the candidate of the 11-party unity led by Jamaat-e-Islami, Col. (retd.) Oli Ahmed, received 88 votes. Mirza Fakhrul became emotional after the results were announced. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman immediately greeted the new president with a rose. The voting and counting ceremony of the presidential election was broadcast live from the National Parliament on BTV. There, it was seen that the transparent ballot boxes were opened in front of the members of parliament. Election officials then held up the empty boxes to show if there were any ballot papers inside. Then the counting was done in front of everyone. During the counting of votes, presidential candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sitting next to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the front seat in the Parliament Gallery. At that time, he looked a bit serious, but lively. Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed were also present next to him. Election official Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin announced the results of the vote. As soon as the number of votes was announced, the Prime Minister, who was sitting in the Parliament Gallery, stood up and greeted the new President with a rose and shook his hand. At this time, members of Parliament clapped their hands in greeting. The new President was seen quite overwhelmed. Mirza Fakhrul got up from his seat and thanked everyone by waving his hand. The results of the presidential election were announced by the election officer, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir then rose from his seat and shook hands with the Prime Minister. The President-elect raised his hands again and expressed his gratitude to everyone. He came up from the gallery of the parliament and expressed his gratitude and greetings to everyone present. Mirza Fakhrul hugged the opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman, opposition chief whip and NCP convener Nahid Islam, and the members of parliament. Applause could be heard all around. After the voting formalities, the new president was seen taking informal photos with the members of parliament and voters. Later, the new president exchanged greetings with the female members of parliament. Mirza Fakhrul will take oath as president on Friday (August 21). The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30 pm. (Photo Collected).