Exclusive-Bangladesh president, feeling 'humiliated', wants to step down halfway through term


People watch TV at a tea stall as Bangladeshi Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin announces the schedule for the national election, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday he plans to step down midway through his term after February’s parliamentary election, telling Reuters he has felt humiliated by the interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

As head of state, Shahabuddin is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but the role is largely ceremonial, and executive power rests with the prime minister and cabinet of the mainly Muslim country of 173 million people.

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