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Ahmed elected Bangladesh President

By Haroon Habib

DHAKA: Prof. Iajuddin Ahmed, a retired teacher of Dhaka University, has been elected the 18th President of Bangladesh. He replaced Prof. AQM Badrudouzza Chowdhury who was forced to resign by the ruling BNP led by the Prime Minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, last June. Prof. Ahmed, nominee of the ruling 4-party alliance, was elected unopposed as the main Opposition Awami League had been boycotting all elections after Ms. Khaleda Zia assumed office. The Election Commission announced that the ruling alliance's candidate was elected unopposed because the nomination papers of the two other persons were rejected on procedural grounds.

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