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Bangladesh'sAlamgir tipped as next Prez

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Dhaka: Bangladesh's parliament is set to elect the country's new president on Thursday, with the ruling party's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expected to take the largely ceremonial position.Alamgir, 78, secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and local government minister, is expected to sweep the afternoon vote for the five-year post to become the 23rd president of the country of 170 million people."I never thought that I would become the president -- it is the infinite grace of the party and almighty Allah," he told reporters on Tuesday, according to the state news agency BSS.Also read: Bangladesh to hold presidential election on August 20: Election Commission"Even after becoming president, I wish to remain beside the people and serve them."Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's BNP won a landslide victory in February in the first elections since the 2024 revolution ousted the government of Sheikh Hasina.The vote follows the resignation in July of the previous president,