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#Perspective / The Tk 5 debate: Who deserves a place on our notes?

Bangladesh’s new Tk 5 note features 2024 protest icons Abu Sayeed and Mugdha, marking a bold shift toward memorialising civic dissent. The move stirs debate on balancing contemporary memory with timeless national history on currency.

Young Bangladesh footballers pay tribute to Sayed, Mugdho in Nepal

Bangladesh’s young footballers dedicated their first goal against Sri Lanka in their first match of the SAFF U-20 Championship in Kathmandu today to the martyrs of the student protesters, who laid down their lives during the recent quota movement which eventually culminated in the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-government.

May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025

The Tk 5 debate: Who deserves a place on our notes?

Bangladesh’s new Tk 5 note features 2024 protest icons Abu Sayeed and Mugdha, marking a bold shift toward memorialising civic dissent. The move stirs debate on balancing contemporary memory with timeless national history on currency.

August 20, 2024
August 20, 2024

Young Bangladesh footballers pay tribute to Sayed, Mugdho in Nepal

Bangladesh’s young footballers dedicated their first goal against Sri Lanka in their first match of the SAFF U-20 Championship in Kathmandu today to the martyrs of the student protesters, who laid down their lives during the recent quota movement which eventually culminated in the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-government.