Bangladesh Bank (BB) will release new notes of Tk 10, Tk 20 and Tk 50 imprinted with the portrait of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Wednesday.

BB Governor Dr Atiur Rahman will inaugurate the new notes during a ceremony at the conference room of BB head office.

The new notes will be issued from the main counters at the BB headquarters after formal launching. Later, the new currency notes will be available at all the branches of BB and other commercial banks across the country.

Other bank notes, both metallic coins and paper notes, running currently, will also exist in the market.

The front side of the new notes will carry the portrait of Bangabandhu while there will be the picture of the national monument imprinted with light color.

Initially, a total of 3 million pieces of notes will be released in the market after the launching.

AFM Asadujjaman, General Manager of the Governor’s Secretariat, told daily sun that March 7 has been fixed for releasing the new notes considering the immense historical value of the day.

The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/ 7th March 2012