Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will be sworn in as the 23rd President of Bangladesh on Friday evening.
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30pm.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will administer the oath of the office of the President, according to Bangabhaban.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, cabinet members and hundreds of distinguished guests are expected to attend the ceremony.
Mirza Fakhrul, the BNP candidate, was elected president on Thursday after defeating his only rival Col (retd) Oli Ahmad, the candidate of the 11-party opposition alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Of the 343 valid votes cast in the parliamentary election, Mirza Fakhrul secured 255 votes, while Oli Ahmad received 88.
Six lawmakers did not participate in the voting out of the 349 eligible voters.
Those who did not cast their ballots were BNP lawmakers Mirza Abbas, Mostafa Kamal Pasha and Dr Muhammad Osman Farruk, independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana, Jamaat lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam and Islami Andolan Bangladesh lawmaker Md Oli Ullah.
The Election Commission later issued a gazette notification declaring Mirza Fakhrul elected as the president of Bangladesh.
