Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The depreciating mood of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) against the US dollar continued during the evening transactions on Wednesday in the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market.
The US dollar was quoted at BDT 78.99 – BDT 79.00 against BDT 78.97 – BDT 78.98 of the previous working day.
On Monday, the greenback was quoted at BDT 78.96 – BDT 78.98 unchanged the level of previous working day.
“The depreciating mode of BDT continued due to higher demand for the greenback in the market for settlement of import payment obligations,” a senior treasury official of a leading commercial bank told the BBN in Dhaka Wednesday evening.
BBN/SS/ANS