Bangladesh Bank will introduce new currency notes worth about Tk 9,000 crore of different denominations before Eid-Ul-Fitr.
All the new notes will bear the portrait of the founding president of the country, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, said a senior official of Currency Management department of the central bank on Tuesday.
'Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the new notes on August 11,' BB officials said.
Currency management senior official Saifur Rahman Khan said that primarily the new notes will be available at the Motijheel counter of Bangladesh Bank.
'We have 1,000, 500, 100, 5 and 2 Taka notes at this moment while other notes will be introduced within a few days,' he said.
'The 10, 20 and 50 Taka notes are in the process of printing and would be available step by step,' he added.
The central bank officials said that in the coming days, BB will issue new notes of different value carrying the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Every year, BB issues new notes before Eid.
Bangladesh Bank in a release on Tuesday said that the new Tk 2 notes will be unveiled by the prime minister on August 11. The new notes will be available everywhere alongside the old notes.
Besides, 60 crore pieces Tk 5 coins are coming from Finland which would be available before December this year.
Source : New Age
