Zillur Rahman, a senior leader of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, is set to become Bangladesh's next president as he stands alone in the race for the country's highest office, officials said on Wednesday.

Election Commission officials have said the commission was expected to declare Rahman, who is in his late 70s, as Bangladesh's 19th president, as the last date for withdrawal of nomination paper was to expire later today and he is the lone candidate nominated by the ruling Awami League.