<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">President-elect Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday met the incumbent President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister's sister Sheikh Rehana, wife of president-elect Dr Rebecca Sultana accompanied them, Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On their arrival, President Abdul Hamid and his wife Rashida Khanom welcomed them with flower bouquets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Hamid congratulated Shahabuddin for being elected President of Bangladesh and exchanged greetings on the phone. They also enquired of their health condition.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also briefed the President about the activities of ther government during the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shahabuddin Chuppu will be the 22nd President of Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal declared the ruling party’s nominee the president-elect of Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As per the election schedule two nomination papers were submitted for Shahabuddin on Sunday and one of those was accepted as valid after scrutiny on Monday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A gazette was issued in the afternoon in this regard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ruling party's nominee was declared the next president of the country as no other political party with representation in parliament proposed any name for the presidential election.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Hamid is set to complete his tenure on April 23 this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read more: Md Shahabuddin set to become next President of Bangladesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the constitution, a new president has to be elected within 90 to 60 days prior to the end of the incumbent president's tenure. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>