Bangladesh's President Mohammed Shahabuddin has said he wants to leave office midway through his tenure after the country's February parliamentary election. In an exclusive interview with Reuters on Thursday, the Bangladesh President said he felt "humiliated" and sidelined by the interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Mohammed Shahabuddin, 75, holds the role of commander-in-chief of the armed forces, though the presidency remains largely ceremonial in the South Asian nation of 173 million. Executive authority rests with the prime minister and cabinet. His office, however, took on prominence last year when a student-led revolt forced long-serving premier Sheikh Hasina to flee to New Delhi in August 2024, leaving him as the only constitutionally mandated authority af

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