Govt approves new banknote designs featuring heritage, monuments

The executive has formally made up our minds to commerce the designs of the Tk20, Tk100, Tk500, and Tk1000 denominations.

This decision became permitted in a assembly of the Bangladesh Bank board with the central bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur in the chair nowadays (8 December), acknowledged its spokesperson and Executive Director Husne Ara Shikha.

Talking regarding the approval, Shikha acknowledged the new banknotes will characteristic updated designs.

If all goes as deliberate, the spokesperson acknowledged the new notes will more than possible be readily available in the market within six months.

Sources in the central bank acknowledged the new notes will no longer characteristic the image of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

As a replacement, Shikha acknowledged the new designs will incorporate spiritual monuments, Bengali heritage and imagery connected to the ‘July Revolution graffiti’.

Essentially primarily based on Shikha, the final acclaim for these changes has already been granted by both the Bangladesh Bank and the executive, with printing of the new notes already underway.