PM releases postage stamp on Biman’s golden jubilee

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday released a special commemorative postage stamp, an opening day cover and a data card on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

She unveiled the commemorative postage stamp of Taka 10, the opening day cover of Taka 10 and the data card of Taka 5 at a ceremony at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning.

A special canceller was used on the occasion.

The Prime Minister also received a souvenir of Biman on its Golden Jubilee at the function.

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali, Posts and Telecommunications Secretary Md Khalilur Rahman and Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Md Mokammel Hossain, among others, were present.

The stamp, first-day cover and data card will be sold from the Philatelic Bureau of Dhaka GPO and will also be available at other GPOs and head post offices across the country later.

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