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The new notes printed by Bangladesh’s central bank will not include images of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’.
Bangladeshi taka notes featuring portraits of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding father and parent of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are seen at a currency-trade stall in Old Dhaka. (IMAGE: AFP)
The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is removing the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from its currency notes. Bangladesh’s central bank said that the image of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father aka ‘Bangabandhu’ will be removed from banknotes of Taka 20, 100, 500, and 1,000.
“The new notes will not include an image of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” the Dhaka Tribune reported, quoting the bank.
The new notes will feature religious structures, Bengali traditions and graffiti from the July uprising.
The Bangladesh Bank executive director stated the redesigned notes could be released within six months.
“I hope the new note could be released in the market within the next six months,” it quoted Bangladesh Bank executive director Husneara Shikha as saying.
The Finance Ministry’s Finance Institute Division submitted the proposed designs in September.
Officials confirmed that four notes will be redesigned first and changes to other denominations will follow in phases.
The July uprising where quota reform protests led by student leaders transformed into protests against Hasina administration saw events of vandalism where protesters attacked statues, portraits and imageries of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Islamist hardliners and radical groups, who hijacked the protests, also broke and vandalised memorials and statues of Bangabandhu across the nation.
- Location :
Dhaka, Bangladesh
