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News India Live, Digital Desk: The ‘Father of the Nation’ on Bangladesh’s currency will no longer be a picture of the late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. According to reports, Bangladesh has recently started printing new design bank notes, which will not have a picture of the country’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, known as ‘Bangabandhu’. Significantly, Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, left the country after stepping out of the post of Prime Minister last year.
Muhammad Yunus led Officials in Bangladesh, run by the interim government, released a new series of bank notes last week, on which there is no picture of Mujibur Rahman for the first time in history. According to sources, the new bank notes were issued on Sunday, which would replace the older design of the currency.
According to reports quoted by a senior official of the central bank of Bangladesh, the new currency series “will no longer be a picture of any human figure”.
The newly designed bank notes are now inscribed on the natural landscape, historical site and other things showing the cultural heritage of Bangladesh. There are also pictures of Hindu temples and Buddhist worship sites on new notes.
According to sources, three out of nine value class notes have already been issued, and the remaining value notes are expected to be issued later. A source said that the current and existing bank notes and coins will remain in circulation.
It is noteworthy that the recent change in the design of bank notes is not the first time political developments have affected the nature of Bangladeshi currency ‘Taka’. In addition, the picture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was presented much later for the design of bank notes, as the map of Bangladesh was displayed on the first notes printed after the independence of Bangladesh.
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