Bangladesh Bank notes
Are you aware of the hidden cost of writing on banknotes?
How we treat our national currency reflects a broader issue of civic responsibility, financial culture, and respect for public property.
13 August 2026
New Tk 500 banknote to hit market Thursday
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce a newly designed Tk 500 banknote on Thursday. .The note will first be issued from the BB’s Motijheel headquarters before being distributed through other branches across the country, the central bank said in a press release today..The new note featur
2 December 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.
22 May 2025
Buying new banknotes: An Eid tradition
What’s your earliest memory of Eid as a child? Waking up, taking a bath, saying the Eid prayer, and then collecting your salami from the elders? Surely you remember the salami being in the form of new banknotes? After all these years, new taka for Eid is still a thing. To cater to this need, there is a buoyant market where new banknotes are sold, a makeshift bazaar where new takas are the commodity!
19 April 2023
Commemorative Tk 100 note released marking Padma Bridge opening
Bangladesh Bank has released commemorative notes of Tk 100 on the occasion of the long-cherished Padma Bridge opening tomorrow (June 25, 2022).
24 June 2022