Dhaka, Aug. 20 -- Finance Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is the best choice for the country's highest constitutional office, describing him as a seasoned political leader.

Reacting to Fakhrul's election as Bangladesh's 23rd President, Khosru said the BNP leader has spent his political life fighting for democracy and enduring repression and imprisonment.

"Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is, through and through, a political personality. There could hardly have been a better choice," he told journalists in front of Parliament after the election result was announced.

"He has gone through a long struggle, endured imprisonment and repres...