Bangladesh no longer honors Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the ‘Father of the Nation’.

• The interim government of Bangladesh removed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s ‘Father of the Nation’ from the 2022 Act.

• This change follows the introduction of a new set of currency notes by Mohammed Yunus.

• The new notification does not refer to Mujibur as ‘Father of the Nation’, referring to the 1971 war and freedom fighters.

• The interim government defended the removal of Mujibur from the ‘Liberation War Act’.

• The new definition of freedom fighters includes those who advocated for independence both inside and outside the country.