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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The exchange rate of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) remained unchanged against the US currency in evening transactions on Wednesday in inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market.
The US dollar was quoted at maximum BDT 80.59 – BDT 80.60 during the evening trading.
In the early transactions today, the American currency was quoted the same..
“The existing stable trend of the Bangladesh currency against the US dollar may continue in the coming days,” a senior treasury official of a leading private commercial bank told the BBN in Dhaka Wednesday evening.
Earlier in the morning, another treasury official of another leading commercial bank told the BBN that the local currency may move slowly in the coming days against the US currency in the inter-bank forex market following higher inflow of remittance ahead of the Eid festival.
The local currency was quoted the same on Tuesday evening transactions.
On Monday, Bangladesh currency was quoted at maximum BDT 80.57- BDT 80.59.
On Sunday, the American currency was quoted at maximum BDT 80.57, that means, it remained the same as on last Thursday as Sunday is the weekend in international market.
On Thursday, the value of the US currency was BDT 80.57 during the whole day transactions.
Bangladesh foreign exchange market remained closed on Friday and Saturday as those were weekend in Bangladesh.
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