Bangladesh's New President Alamgir Elected

According to Prothom Alo newspaper, Alamgir, who received 255 votes after a total of 349 MPs, including the prime minister and the opposition leader, voted in the parliament, was elected as the new president of the country.

Following the election held after a 35-year gap, the Bangladesh Election Commission announced that the new president will be sworn in on Friday.

Oli Ahmed, the candidate of the alliance led by the Jamaat-e-Islami Party in Bangladesh, lost the election by receiving 88 votes.

WHAT HAPPENED

Protests led by students began in mid-July after the decision to allocate public quotas to the children of those who served in the 1971 War of Independence in Bangladesh. It was announced that the protests ended when the Supreme Court reduced the quota rates at the end of July.

After the Jamaat-i Islami Party and its student wing, which were held responsible for the violence in the demonstrations, were banned, protesters took to the streets, this time calling for "justice" for those who lost their lives in the demonstrations.

Hundreds of people lost their lives and thousands of people were detained in violence during the demonstrations in Bangladesh.

While the incidents of violence continued to increase, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left her official residence and went to India by military helicopter, while the demonstrators raided the Prime Minister's official residence.

Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus was sworn in as the head of the interim government on August 8 and took office.