US EditionBangladesh Banknotes Replace Founding President’s Portrait
- Bangladesh issued new banknotes on Sunday, removing the portrait of founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and featuring natural landscapes and landmarks.
- The redesign comes after the removal of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year and the establishment of a caretaker government seeking to separate national imagery from the legacy of the former Awami League administration.
- The newly released twenty, fifty, and one thousand taka notes showcase cultural sites like Kantaji Temple, Ahsan Manzil, and the National Martyrs' Memorial, all bearing a Royal Bengal Tiger watermark.
- According to Bangladesh Bank representative Arif Hossain Khan, the new currency notes will omit images of people and will highlight scenes of nature along with culturally significant sites to promote national pride and combat forgery.
- Existing banknotes and coins remain legal tender, reflecting a political and symbolic shift under the interim government amid ongoing legal trials and bans against Hasina's party.
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Bangladesh drops Sheikh Mujib from currency
• New notes feature natural landscapes and landmarks, not leaders • Hasina’s trial over ordering mass killings kicks off • Top court overturns ban on Jamaat-i-Islami DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday began issuing new banknotes removing images of its founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose trial on charges of orchestrating crimes against humanity also commenced in her absence. The caretaker g…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Out, New Currency Notes In Bangladesh Feature Hindu, Buddhist Temples
Bangladesh has unveiled new currency notes that will come into circulation. Critics of the Muhammad Yunus-led administration see it as an effort to wipe out the legacy of the 'Father of the Nation', Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.The new banknotes have dropped political figures, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The redesigned currency note of 'Taka' features cultural landmarks and landscapes.Since 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s image has featu…
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