Currency: 5 Bangladesh Taka (2011 - 2012)
Period: People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Type: Standard Banknote
Obverse: At Left is the Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib. He was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. He is called the “Father of the Nation” in Bangladesh.
He is considered to be the driving force behind the independence of Bangladesh.
He is popularly dubbed with the title of “Bangabandhu” (“Friend of Bengal”) by the people of Bangladesh,
At the center is the National Martyrs’ Memorial (Bengali: Jatiyo Sriti Soudho). It is the national monument of Bangladesh, set up in the memory of those who died in the Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, which brought independence and separated Bangladesh from Pakistan,
The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km north-west of the capital Dhaka,
Watermark on the right is the Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bank of Bangladesh logo, electrotype denomination.
Reverse: At the right center Kusumba Mosque which is a mosque in Manda Upazila of Naogaon District of Bangladesh,
This mosque can be found in the village of Kusumba, which is its namesake. It was built in 1558–59 and is one of Bangladesh’s three national heritages sites.
The mosque is often nicknamed “The Black Gem of Bangladesh”.
Composition: Paper
Size: 117*60 mm
Shape: Rectangular
Script language: Bengali
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