Online Desk: The president-elect of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin will meet the incumbent President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban this evening. Prime Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana will also accompany the president-elect, Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told, reports UNB.

President Hamid on Monday congratulated Shahabuddin for being elected President of Bangladesh and exchanged greetings on the phone. Shahabuddin will be the 22nd President of Bangladesh. Yesterday, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal declared ruling party’s nominee Shahabuddin, Awami League Advisory Council member, the president-elect of Bangladesh. 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.

A gazette was issued in the afternoon in this regard. 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. President Hamid is set to complete his tenure on April 23 this year. 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.