| Bangladeshi TAKA | |
|---|---|
| টাকা (Bengali) | |
| ISO 4217 | |
| Code | BDT |
| Denominations | |
| Subunit | |
| 1/100 | poysha (defunct) |
| Symbol | ৳ |
| poysha | p |
| Banknotes | |
| Freq. used | ৳2, ৳5, ৳10, ৳20, ৳50, ৳100, ৳200, ৳500 and ৳1000 |
| Rarely used | ৳1 |
| Coins | |
| Freq. used | ৳5 |
| Rarely used | ৳1, ৳2 |
| Demographics | |
| User(s) | |
| Issuance | |
| Central bank | Bangladesh Bank |
| Printer | The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd. |
| Website | www |
| Mint | The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd. |
| Valuation | |
| Inflation | 5.26% |
| Source | BBS, May 2021[1] |
The Bangladeshi taka (Bengali: টাকা, sign: ৳, code: BDT, short form: Tk) is the currency of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. In Unicode, it is encoded at U+09F3 ৳ (HTML ৳).
Issuance of bank notes ৳10 and larger is controlled by Bangladesh Bank, while the ৳2 and ৳5 banknotes are the responsibility of the ministry of finance of the government of Bangladesh The banknotes of Tk. 2 and Tk.5 have mostly ben replaced by coins while lower denomination coins [including all poysha coins] upto 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 was formerly divided into 100 poysha, but poysha coins are no longer in circulation.