Bangladesh Bank has stopped circulating newly printed banknotes, resulting in an estimated financial loss of around Taka 15,000 crore and a growing shortage of clean currency in the market. The notes, which feature the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, remain locked in bank vaults following a directive from the interim government.The decision reportedly aligns with … Read more
Dhaka: Bangladesh‘s interim government on Tuesday cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of the country’s founder and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina‘s father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. According to the press release issued by the Chief Advisor’s Office, the cancellation of the August 15 holiday was approved in today’s meeting of … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Friday jointly inaugurated the “Bangabandhu-Bapu Museum” at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre here. The museum has a digital exhibition on India’s Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Bangladesh‘s Father of the Nation ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The exhibition is dedicated to the lives … Read more