Staff Reporter:
The government has introduced a newly designed Tk 5 currency note under the theme “Historical and Archaeological Architecture of Bangladesh,” which was circulated from Tuesday.
According to a press release issued by the Finance Division, the new note bears the signature of Finance Secretary Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder and will initially be available from the Motijheel office of
Bangladesh Bank before being distributed through its other offices across the country.
The new Tk 5 note measures 117 mm by 60 mm and features an image of Tara Mosque in Dhaka on the left side of the front panel.
The middle portion carries a background design with Bangladesh’s national flower, the water lily, in-cluding leaves and buds.
The reverse side of the note contains an image titled “Graffiti-2024.” The note has a predominantly light pink colour scheme and includes several security features.
These include a 2 mm-wide embedded security thread visible from both sides when held against light, and a watermark showing the face of a Royal Bengal Tiger along with a bright electrotype watermark marked “5” and the monogram of the Government of Bangladesh.
In addition, the front side contains repeated micro printed “BANGLADESH” text above the bluish guil-loche pattern at the lower portion of the note.
