Acting President Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram left Bangabhaban on Thursday afternoon, as the country prepared to elect a new president after 35 years.
He left the presidential palace at 1:25PM, where officials and employees of Bangabhaban bid him farewell with flowers. A smartly turned-out contingent of the armed forces presented him with a guard of honour, which he inspected before receiving the salute.