What to know

• Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Friday sworn in as Bangladesh’s President, a day after Parliament elected him as the head of the state for the next five years in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. Alamgir, 78, a longtime s...S1
• The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban, the official residence of the president of Bangladesh.S2