Months after Sheikh Hasina was ousted as prime minister, Bangladesh began the process of removing the portrait of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nation’s founder, from its currency notes.
According to the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh Bank is printing new banknotes featuring symbols from the July uprising, which included student-led protests that forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has since taken charge as Chief Adviser to the interim government.
The central bank announced that new banknotes in denominations of Taka 20, 100, 500, and 1,000 are being printed, under the instructions of the interim government. These redesigned notes will no longer include the image of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the revered Father of the Nation.
Instead, the new currency will feature religious structures, Bengali traditions, and artwork from the July uprising, including “graffiti” created during the protests. Officials from the bank and the Ministry of Finance confirmed that the leader’s image will be gradually removed from existing notes, with the redesign being phased in.
In September, the Finance Ministry’s Finance Institute Division submitted a detailed proposal for the new currency designs.
The legacy of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came under scrutiny during the protests, initially sparked by a controversial job quota issue. Statues and murals of the late leader were targeted as Hasina fled the country, and it is reported that she is still living in India.
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