5 Taka
Features
Issuer Bangladesh
Period People's Republic (1971-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 2016-2024
Value 5 Taka
5 BDT = INR 3.55
Taka (1972-date)
Composition Paper
Size 117 × 60 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number N#201990Help
Obverse
At Left-Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 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" (Bôngobondhu "Friend of Bengal") by the people of Bangladesh.
At middle - National Martyrs' Memorial (Bengali: জাতীয় স্মৃতি সৌধ 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.
Script: Bengali
Lettering:
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
পাঁচ টাকা
Translation:
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Five Taka
Reverse
Kusumba Mosque (Bengali: কুসুম্বা শাহী মসজিদ) 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".
Script: Bengali
Lettering:
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
কুসুম্বা মসজিদ, নওগাঁ
Translation:
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Kusumba Mosque, Naogaon
Watermark
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and logo of the Bangladesh Bank