DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has dropped the “Father of the Nation” title for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as it amended a legislation, revising the definition of freedom fighter, according to media reports on Wednesday.
The move on Tuesday comes a few days after the Muhammad Yunus-led government dropped the portrait of the country’s founding father and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s father Mujibur Rahman from new currency notes.
The interim government has amended the National Freedom Fighters Council Act, “altering” the definition of freedom fighter, The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.