China congratulates Alamgir on his election as Bangladesh president

BEIJING, Aug 21: China on Friday congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the President of Bangladesh saying that it values relations with Dhaka.

The 78-year-old longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia was on Thursday elected as the country’s president.…

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