{
  "id": 2121816,
  "title": "Bangladesh holds presidential election in first contested vote in 35 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bangladesh-holds-presidential-election-in-first-contested-vote-in-35-2121816",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/bangladesh-holds-presidential-election-in-first-contested-vote-in-35-years/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bangladesh is holding its first contested presidential election in 35 years, with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir pitted against former army officer Oli Ahmad, the nominee of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party opposition alliance. A total of 349 members of parliament are eligible to vote in the parliamentary chamber between 08:00 […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}