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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The exchange rate of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) remained unchanged against the US currency in evening transactions on Thursday in inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market.
The US dollar was quoted at maximum BDT 80.56 – BDT 80.60 during the evening trading.
In the early transactions today, the American currency was quoted the same as evening.
“The exchange rate of local currency against the greenback remained unchanged due to higher inflow of remittance ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr,” a senior treasury official of a leading private commercial bank told the BBN in Dhaka Thursday evening.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the American currency was quoted at maximum BDT 80.56 – BDT 80.60 at evening.
On Sunday, the US dollar was quoted at maximum BDT 80.56 – BDT 80.60 as Sunday is the weekend in the international market.
On Thursday, on the last trading day of the last week, the US dollar was quoted at maximum BDT 80.57 – BDT 80.60 during the evening trading.
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange market will remain closed for five days as Friday and Saturday are weekend in the country and the three-day Eid holiday will began from Sudnay.
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