Bangladesh's parliament is set to elect the country's new president on Thursday, with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir widely expected to win.
The BNP holds more than a two-thirds majority in parliament, making it unlikely that retired army officer-turned-politician Oli Ahmed of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance will get the vote.
Lawmakers are set to vote at 2 p.m. local time (0800 UTC).
The election comes after former president Mohammed Shahabuddin, a close ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned in July citing health concerns.
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