Bangladesh is printing currency notes without images of founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Bangladesh has started printing new currency notes which will not feature the image of the country’s founding father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The country is reportedly printing the currency notes which will feature the images of the July movement that led to the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government.

Hasina, who fled Bangladesh amid protests against her government in August, is the daughter of Sheikh Mujib.

According to the central bank, the banknotes of Tk20, 100, 500, and 1000 are being printed as per instruction of the interim government, reported Dhaka Tribune.

The new currency notes are likely to be introduced in the country within the next six months.

The officials concerned of the central bank and the Ministry of Finance said the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be removed from the current notes.

Initially, the design of the four notes is being changed and the design of all types of banknotes will be redesigned in phases, they told Dhaka Tribune.

The Finance Institute Division, Ministry of Finance, wrote to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to submit a detailed design proposal for the new note in September, the newspaper reported.

BB spokesperson and Executive Director Husneara Shikha told the newspaper: “I hope the new notes could be released in the market within the next six months.”

Murals with the image of Bangabandhu and even his statues were attacked and vandalised after Hasina escaped to India on August 5 amid severe protests against her government.

The protests had initially started against a controversial job quota system but soon spiralled into a massive agitation against Hasina, who was the longest serving PM of the South Asian country that was formed in 1971.

It is suspected that foreign hands were at play in orchestrating the unrest and planning her ouster.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-led government took charge of the country just three days after Hasina exited the country. Yunus, known for his closeness to the US Democrats, also accepted later in an event in America that there was “design and conspiracy” involved in the ouster of Sheikh Hasina.

Bangladesh is currently witnessing protests by minority community members since the arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das.

He is allegedly facing sedition charges.