Bangladesh govt denies dropping 'Father of the Nation' title for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, calls reports 'baseless and misleading'

Bangladesh's interim government on Wednesday dismissed as "completely baseless" and "misleading" the media reports that claimed it had dropped the "Father of the Nation" title for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and revised the definition of freedom fighter.

The news published in several media outlets that the freedom fighter recognition of over 100 leaders, including President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Acting President Nazrul Islam and Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed of the Mujibnagar government has been revoked is "completely baseless, false and misleading," the Chief Adviser's office said in a post on X.

The provisional government constituted at Mujibnagar to conduct the Bangladesh Liberation War in April 1971 is popularly known as the Mujibnagar government.