Speaker calls press conference at 5pm after President's resignation

Speaker of Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has called an emergency press conference after President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s resignation.

A press release signed by Md Rashed Mizan, assistant director of the Parliament Secretariat, said an emergency press conference following the acceptance of the president’s resignation would be held at 5pm on Friday in the oath-taking room of the Bangladesh Parliament’s East Block, Level 1.

The Speaker returned to Dhaka from Bangkok on Friday afternoon. He had travelled to Bangkok on 19 July for a medical check-up.

Speaking to journalists at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 12:15pm, Hafiz Uddin Ahmad said he knew nothing about the president’s possible resignation.

“I was abroad. So, I do not know who will resign or who will not resign here. Now I may learn about it," he added.