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34-489: According to historian Muntasir Mamun, Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University started in 1848. It was also found that the school may have started a few years earlier as 99 students were suspended due to their inability to pay extended fees. After that the principal at the time, Dr. A.T. Wise, opened a school named Union School. It was created mainly for poor and underprivileged students, with Pogose taking it over two years later at his own expense. He gave it

68-700: A ৳ 25 note to commemorate the 25th anniversary (silver jubilee) of the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd. On the front is the National Martyr's Monument in Savar, the designs of the previous series of the Bangladeshi taka notes and its postage stamps, three spotted deer and the magpie-robin ( doyel ). On the reverse is the headquarters of the Security Printing Corporation. Curiously, this note has an electrotype 10 in

102-532: A ৳ 60 note to commemorate "60 years of National Movement". The commemorative note measures 130 by 60 millimetres (5.1 in × 2.4 in) and features the Shaeed Minar (Martyrs' monument) in Dhaka and five men on the back. Like the ৳ 40 commemorative note, this note has an electrotype 50 in the watermark. It was likely printed on extra ৳ 50 banknote paper. On 26 January 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued

136-557: A large balcony, a garden and a cricket ground. In 1878 the school was taken over by Mohinimohon Das, a famous zamindar and banker, after Pogose left Dhaka for London . After the death of Mohinimohon Das in 1896 the school was looked after by the trustee board of the Zamindari Estate, who moved it to Chittaranjan Avenue where it still stands today. It is believed that Mohinimohon's mother appointed Headmaster Proshonnokumar and Asst. Headmaster Horihor Dhor in 1907. N.P. Pogose,

170-542: A linguistics expert, was its founder and first headmaster. In the Jubilee report of the school Monindrachandra Vattachariya mentioned Pogose was the headmaster until 1855 and were used to give 3,000tk per month even after his departure. It is found from a report of Dhaka College that the income of the school on 1850 was 50 rupees , and expenditure was 90 rupees. N.P. Pogose paid all of the expenses from his own pocket. Mohini Mohon also donated three thousand taka every year for

204-860: A year after the independence of the eastern wing of the union, as the independent nation of Bangladesh . Prior to the Liberation war in 1971, banknotes of the State Bank of Pakistan circulated throughout Bangladesh, and continued to be used in Bangladesh even after independence for only about three months until the official introduction of the taka on 4 March 1972. During the war, it was an unofficial practice of some Bengali nationalists to protest Pakistani rule by stamping banknotes with " বাংলা দেশ " and "BANGLA DESH" as two words in either Bangla or English. These locally produced stamps are known to exist in several varieties, as are forgeries. On 8 June 1971,

238-765: Is "taka" in Maithili and Magadhi languages, in Assam it is টকা tôka and it is ଟଙ୍କା taṅkā in Odisha . After the Partition of Bengal in 1947 , East Bengal became the eastern wing of Pakistan and was renamed to East Pakistan in 1956. The Pakistani rupee also bore the word taka on official notes and coins. Bangla was one of the two national languages of the Pakistan union between 1956 and 1971 (the other being Urdu). The Bangladeshi taka came into existence since 1972,

272-630: Is also commonly used generically to mean any money, currency, or notes. Thus, colloquially, a person speaking in Bangla may use "taka" to refer to money regardless of what currency it is denominated in. This is also common in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura , where the official name of the Indian rupee is "taka" as well. In other eastern Indian languages with the influence of Prakrit in Bihar it

306-859: Is based on ϵ , an archaic form of the Greek epsilon , to represent Europe; the Indian rupee sign ₹ is a blend of the Latin letter ' R ' with the Devanagari letter र ( ra ); and the Russian Ruble sign ₽ is based on Р (the Cyrillic capital letter 'er' ). There are other considerations, such as how the symbol is rendered on computers and typesetting. For a new symbol to be used, its glyphs needs to be added to computer fonts and keyboard mappings already in widespread use, and keyboard layouts need to be altered or shortcuts added to type

340-597: Is still used for accounting purposes (e.g., Tk 123,456.78 for 123,456 taka and 78 poysha). On 8 May 2024, the central bank placed the taka in a crawling peg to the US dollar, with a rate of 117 takas per US dollar. According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and Banglapedia , the word taka came from the Sanskrit word tankah , meaning silver coin. The word taka in Bangla

374-471: The Spanish dollar , whereas the pound and lira symbols evolved from the letter L (written until the seventeenth century in blackletter type as L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} ) standing for libra , a Roman pound of silver. Newly invented currencies and currencies adopting new symbols have symbolism meaningful to their adopter. For example, the euro sign €

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408-420: The ৳ 1, ৳ 2 and ৳ 5 are occasionally found in circulation. Unlike most other countries, coins are not issued every year. The most recent coins, ৳ 1, ৳ 2 and ৳ 5, were issued in 2013. The Bangladesh Bank has issued a new series of banknotes, phasing out the older designs for new, more secure ones. All banknotes other than the 1 taka feature a portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the obverse along with

442-483: The ৳ 2 and ৳ 5 banknotes are the responsibility of the ministry of finance . The banknotes of Tk. 2 and Tk.5 have mostly been replaced by coins while lower denomination coins (including all poysha coins) up to Tk. 1 have almost gone out of circulation due to inflation. The most commonly used symbol for the taka is " ৳ " and "Tk", used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. It is divided into 100 poysha , but poysha coins are no longer in circulation. The poysha

476-515: The ৳ 20 pictures the Shat Gombuj mosque in Bagherat, and the ৳ 50 notes feature Shilpacharjo Zainul Abedin's famous painting Ploughing . On 7 March 2019, Bangladesh Bank released new ৳100 notes, which had the same design as 2011 Version, but had better security, a stronger Blue and were made of a different material. On 15 December 2019, Bangladesh Bank issued new ৳50 banknotes, with

510-521: The "40th Victory Anniversary of Bangladesh". The commemorative note features a portrait of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Martyr's Monument in Savar on front, and six armed men on back. Curiously, this note has an electrotype 10 in the watermark, indicating it was likely printed on extra ৳ 10 banknote paper. On 15 February 2012, Bangladesh Bank has introduced

544-404: The 25 and 50 poysha struck in steel and the ৳ 1 in copper-nickel. The 5 poysha were square with rounded corners, and the 10 poysha were scalloped. Steel ৳ 5 were introduced in 1994, and a steel ৳ 2 coin followed in 2004. 1 and 5 poysha coins are rarely found in circulation. The same is the case with the 10, 25, and 50 poysha coins, as they have lost value due to inflation over the years. Only

578-469: The Australian dollar). They proved unpopular, however, and were withdrawn later. At present, the ৳ 1 and ৳ 5 notes have mostly been replaced with coins, and in 2008, the government issued ৳ 1,000 notes. In 2011, Bangladesh Bank began issuing a new series of banknotes denominated in ৳ 2, ৳ 5, ৳ 100, ৳ 500, and ৳ 1000. All are dated 2011 and feature a portrait and watermark of the Father of

612-557: The Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , along the National Martyr's Monument in Savar at center front. From 2011, the Bangladesh Bank introduced new notes denominated in ৳ 10, ৳ 20, and ৳ 50 on 7 March 2012. The notes bear the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Martyr's Monument in Savar on the front. On the back of the notes, the ৳ 10 will picture the Baitul Mukarram mosque,

646-509: The Pakistani government declared that all banknotes bearing such stamps ceased to be legal tender. Furthermore, to prevent looted high-denomination notes from disrupting the Pakistani economy, the government also withdrew the legal tender status of all 100- and 500-rupee notes. The taka was introduced in Bangladesh in 1972, replacing the Pakistani rupee at par. In 2000, the government issued polymer ৳ 10 notes as an experiment (similar to

680-433: The US dollar, but at the same time narrowing the difference between the official rate and the preferential secondary rate from 15 percent to 7.5 percent. Accompanying this structural adjustment was an expansion in trade conducted at the secondary rate, to 53 percent of total exports and 28 percent of total imports. In mid-1987, the official rate was relatively stable, approaching less than ৳31 to US$ 1. In January 2011, US$ 1

714-450: The duration of his ownership. On August 13, 2015, Pogose School integrated with Jagannath University assuming the new name of Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University. Many of the students of Pogose School became famous and successful. Among them are Chief Ministers Profullah Chandra Ghosh (of West Bengal ) and Ataur Rahman Khan (of East Bengal ), as well as the first Bengali doctorate Nishikanto Chatterjee and

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748-672: The first Indian Doctor of Science Aghornath Chatterjee , who was the father of Sarojini Naidu . There are a number of alumni who went on to become pioneers in their fields, including Dr. P K Ray, the first Bengali principal of Dhaka College , Sir K G Gupta, the first Indian Privy Councilor and the first ICS officer from East Bengal, and Girish Chandra Sen , first Quran translator in Bengali. Poet Shamsur Rahman , Kaykobad , editor Kaliprasanna Ghosh , writer and Marxist activist Somen Chanda and comedian Bhanu Banerjee , as well as Zahirul Haque, Director of Banking Control of Karachi ,

782-572: The government revised its stance, declaring a devaluation of the taka by 56 percent and agreeing to establishing the Bangladesh Aid Group by the World Bank . Between 1980 and 1983, the taka sustained a decline of some 50 percent because of a deterioration in Bangladesh's balance of payments . Between 1985 and 1987, the taka was adjusted in frequent incremental steps, stabilising again around 12 percent lower in real terms against

816-567: The name Pogose School. This school was named Pogos Anglo Vernacular School at Dhaka. The school might have started in his own house and later moved to his friend JC Paniati's home. Paniati was paid 10 tk as rent. The former headmaster of the school Monindrachandra Vattachariya moved the school from Paniati's house to the inside of Armenisa Church at the Sudhamay House, or beside the Shabistan Cinema Hall. The house boasted

850-659: The new symbol. For example, the European Commission was criticized for not considering how the euro sign would need to be customized to work in different fonts. The original design was also exceptionally wide. These two factors have led to most type foundries designing customized versions that match the 'look and feel' of the font to which it is to be added, often with reduced width.  & U+FFE6 ￦ FULLWIDTH WON SIGN Some of these symbols may not display correctly. The Unicode CJK Compatibility block contains several square versions of

884-624: The numeric amounts: €2.50 , 2,50€ and 2 [REDACTED] 50 . Symbols are neither defined nor listed by international standard ISO 4217 , which only assigns three-letter codes. When writing currency amounts, the location of the symbol varies by language. For currencies in English-speaking countries and in most of Latin America, the symbol is placed before the amount, as in $ 20.50 . In most other countries, including many in Europe,

918-420: The same design as the 2011 version, but had a different colour (orange, brown and fluorescent yellow-green), and a slightly different design in some parts. On 17 March 2020, Bangladesh Bank introduced new ৳200 notes. They bear a portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on both sides and a landscape picture of a village, river and boats. In 2011, Bangladesh Bank also introduced a ৳ 40 note to commemorate

952-416: The school. Notable actors such as Prabir Mitra and ATM Shamsuzzaman also studied here. Bangladeshi taka The Bangladeshi taka ( Bengali : টাকা , sign : ৳ , code : BDT , short form : Tk ) is the currency of Bangladesh . In Unicode, it is encoded at U+09F3 ৳ BENGALI RUPEE SIGN . Issuance of banknotes ৳ 10 and larger is controlled by Bangladesh Bank , while

986-535: The symbol is placed after the amount, as in 20,50€ . Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo , to which it was formerly pegged ) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2 [REDACTED] 50 . Older currency symbols have evolved slowly, often from previous currencies. The modern dollar and peso symbols originated from the mark employed to denote

1020-605: The taka's value relative to the US dollar declined every year from 1971 through the end of 1987. To help offset this phenomenon, Bangladesh first used the compensatory financing facility of the International Monetary Fund in fiscal year 1974. Despite the increasing need for assistance, the Mujib government was initially unwilling to meet the IMF's conditions on monetary and fiscal policy. By fiscal year 1975, however,

1054-491: The watermark of the National Martyrs' Memorial . The folder of the banknote for the 40th anniversary of the independence of Bangladesh had a spelling error of the name of the country. It was inserted as Bangldesh instead of Bangladesh . (5000 in folders) (11,000 in folders) Upon Bangladesh's independence , the value of the Bangladeshi taka was set between ৳7.5 and ৳8.0 to US$ 1. Except for fiscal year 1978,

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1088-717: The watermark, indicating it was likely printed on extra ৳ 10 banknote paper. On 8 July 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a ৳ 100 note to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bangladesh National Museum . The commemorative note features an 18th-century terracotta plaque of a horseman on the front and the Bangladesh National Museum on the back. In 1973, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 poysha . 1 poysha coins followed in 1974, with ৳ 1 coins introduced in 1975. The 1, 5 and 10 poysha were struck in aluminium, with

1122-407: The writer Nowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai , Journalist M Mamun Hossain and Babu Mathuramohan Chakraborty, the founder of Ayurvedic medicine house Sakti Ausadhalaya studied here. Many scholars came to visit the school including Swami Vivekananda , Michael Madhusudan Dutta , Rambai and others. According to sources, former Bangladesh national football team captain, Mohammed Mohsin was a student at

1156-466: Was equivalent to approximately ৳72, as of 21 April 2012, US$ 1 was worth close to ৳82, and as of 9 September 2015 US$ 1 valued ৳77. Currency sign A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after

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