Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - The central bank of Bangladesh has sold US$55 million more to seven commercial banks to meet the growing demand for the greenback in the market.
“We’ve sold the foreign currency to the banks on Monday at market rate to settle import payment bills particularly for fuel oil,” a senior official of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the BBN in Dhaka.
The US dollar was quoted at BDT 82.96 in the inter-bank forex market on the day unchanged from the previous level, according to the market operators.
The central bank of Bangladesh has resumed giving the support in the recent months through selling the US currency to the banks directly to keep the market stable.
A total of $1.63 billion was sold to the commercial banks since July 01 of this fiscal year, 2017-18, as part of its ongoing support, according to BB’s latest data.
The central bank may continue providing such foreign currency support to the banks in line with the market requirement, the BB official hinted.
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