The 500 Bangladeshi taka note front design features the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920 – 1975), was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman who served as the first president of Bangladesh and then as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1971 until his assassination in 1975; Also known as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib, he is considered the “Father of the Nation” in Bangladesh, on a background with an illustration of the National Martyrs Monument (Jatiyo Sriti Soudho) located in Savar which is the national monument of Bangladesh, the structure was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain (structural engineer and architect) and built by Concord Group (Bangladeshi conglomerate).
