Bangladesh issued new tickets on Sunday to replace the designs with its founding president, the father of the expelled prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, who was overthrown last year.
A caregiver has led the nation of southern Asia of 170 million people since fleeing fled whose trial opened Sunday for the charges of trying to crush the uprising against its government in August 2024.
Until now, all the notes presented the portrait of his father, the deceased sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who took Bangladesh from the independence of Pakistan in 1971 until the soldiers murdered him and the majority of his family in a coup d’etat of 1975.
“Under the new series and design, the notes will not have human portraits, but will show natural landscapes and traditional reference points,” said Bangladesh Bank spokesman Arif Hossain Khan AFP.
Among the designs in the Muslim majority nation are images of Hindu and Buddhist temples and historical palaces.
They also include works of art of the late painter Zainul Abedin, which represents the hungry for Bengal during the British colonial domain.
Another will represent the monument of national martyrs.
On Sunday, notes were published for three of the nine different denominations.
“The new notes will be issued from the headquarters of the Central Bank and later from its other offices throughout the country,” he added.
“The other denominations of notes with new designs will be launched in phases.”
The existing notes and currencies will remain in circulation together with the new notes.
It is not the first time that design has changed to reflect the changing policy.
The initial notes issued in 1972, after Bangladesh changed his name from East Pakistan, presented a map.
The subsequent notes presented Mujibur Rahman, who led the Awami League, which Hasina also led during his 15 years in power.
When other parts were in charge, dominated by the powerful Nationalist Party of Bangladesh (BNP), historical and archaeological sites are presented.
The Awami League was prohibited last month waiting for Hasina’s trial and other party leaders.
Hasina, 77, is in an exile self -imposed in India and has challenged an extradition order to attend her trial.
