Bangladesh’s former President Abdul Hamid left the country nine months after the Awami League government was toppled in a student uprising. He left the country on a Thai Airways flight at 3.05 ...

Abdul Hamid is to be Bangladesh's 20th president after no other candidate was nominated in the poll to replace President Zilliur Rahman who died last month, election authorities said Monday.

Hamid was sworn in as the 20th president of Bangladesh on Apr 24, 2013. According to the Constitution, an election to fill the president’s seat has to be held 90 to 60 days before the incumbent ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh's veteran politician and parliamentary speaker Abdul Hamid was on Monday elected unopposed as the country's new President, a day after ruling Awami League nominated him for the ...

Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid was sworn in Wednesday as Bangladesh's president to replace Zillur Rahman, who died last month. Acting Speaker of Parliament Shawkat Ali administered the oath at ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh (all times local): 6 p.m. Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid has accused Myanmar's military of committing ...

President Abdul Hamid went to Delhi to join the swearing-in ceremony of Modi. They met at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi and during their discussion, the Rohingya issue also came up, reports UNB.

Replaces Zillur Rahman who died in Singapore hospital last month Dhaka: Bangladesh’s election commission on Monday declared acting president and parliamentary speaker Abdul Hamid as the ...

Later, President Hamid was briefed about various development activities undertaken here by the army. The President also laid foundation stone of a 31-bed hospital, which is scheduled to be constructed ...

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid has rejected mercy pleas of banned Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two associates, paving the way for their execution for an attack on a ...

Abdul Hamid, the two-term President of Bangladesh, is also facing a murder case. Many Awami League leaders have been arrested at airports, land ports, or border areas while trying to flee abroad.