{
  "id": 779086,
  "title": "Who is Mirza Fakhrul? BNP nominates party's secretary general for presidential election in Bangladesh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/who-is-mirza-fakhrul-bnp-nominates-partys-secretary-general-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T14:22:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/who-is-mirza-fakhrul-bnp-nominates-partys-secretary-general-for-presidential-election-in-bangladesh-11786628472340.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Bangladesh Nationalist Party nominated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as its presidential candidate on Thursday, ahead of the August 20 election. He resigned as secretary general and from the Standing Committee following his nomination, as announced by senior party official Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.",
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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."
}