The Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh government has dismissed several media reports claiming that the freedom fighter status of the country’s founding President, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is also Sheikh Hasina’s father, has been revoked. In a statement issued on Facebook by the Chief Adviser Press Wing, it called the reports “completely baseless, false and confusing”. “The…
The interim government of Bangladesh, led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, is not only trying to reform the administration, but also steering it away from the legacy of Mujibur Rahman, one of the country’s founding fathers and Awami League co-founder. Bangladesh is introducing banknotes replacing Mujib’s portrait with images, including that of a Hindu temple….
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned the vandalism of founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rehman‘s residence in Dhaka and said that it is regrettable. On Wednesday demonstrators gathered near Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence in Dhaka- now a memorial museum— responding to a social media call for a “Bulldozer Procession” coinciding with Hasina’s speech.“It is…
Months after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister, Bangladesh has begun the process of erasing the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -– her father and the iconic figure behind the founding of the country — from its currency notes. Bangladesh Bank is printing new notes, including in them features of the July uprising,…