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BD celebrative banknote featuring PM Hasina shared in social media is fake

Published : Monday, 22 April, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 227
A photo of a commemorative banknote printed in Bangladesh featuring Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been shared repeatedly in Facebook posts that misleadingly suggested it was genuine currency.

However, the note was not legal tender. The South Asian countrys banknotes have not historically included the portraits of serving prime ministers.

"New 50 taka note (0.46 dollars). How does it look?" read the caption of a Bengali-language Facebook post alongside a photo showing both sides of a currency note on September 3, 2023.

A portrait of Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was printed on one side of the note, while an image of a Dhaka metro train was printed on the opposite side.

The text overlaid on the banknote said in Bengali and English "Bangladesh Bank: Fifty Taka" in large text. In smaller text, the phrase "Commemorative note" was written, but it was not legible in some posts.

Since Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971 following a bloody war of secession, the South Asian countrys banknotes have not historically included the portraits of serving prime ministers.

Hasinas father, independence hero Sheikh Mujib, has to date been the only Bangladeshi leader to feature on the nations banknotes.

Hasina was sworn in for her fifth term in January after her ruling Awami League party won nearly three-quarters of elected seats in parliament following controversial elections boycotted by the opposition.

Comments from some Facebook users indicated they believed the image showed legal tender.

One user wrote: "The note is good, but the photo (the portrait of Sheikh Hasina) should not be included."

Another person commented: "The note will be rejected if another party comes into power."

The same image continued to circulate online alongside a similar misleading claim in multiple Facebook posts as recently as March this year, including here and here. However, the image showed a commemorative note, not real currency.

According to the report, the Bangladesh Bank printed a commemorative 50 taka note (0.46 dollars) to mark the launch of the South Asian countrys first metro railway.    â€”AFP



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