{
  "id": 2154625,
  "title": "BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected Bangladesh President in first contested poll in 35 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bnps-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-elected-bangladesh-president-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T14:05:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/bnps-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-elected-bangladesh-president-in-first-contested-poll-in-35-years-11787234039847.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected Bangladesh's President after defeating Oli Ahmed 255-88 in the country's first contested presidential poll since 1991. The BNP leader will take oath on Friday as the 23rd President.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Meet Mirza Islam Alamgir and Colonel Oli Ahmed, nominees for Bangladesh presidential election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/meet-mirza-islam-alamgir-and-colonel-oli-ahmed-nominees-for",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:49:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as Bangladesh's new President",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bnps-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-elected-as-bangladeshs-new-president",
        "published": "2026-08-20T14:38:21.000Z"
      }
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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."
}