forex reserves

Banks asked to increase forex inflow

Bangladesh Bank today sat with five leading private commercial banks

Forex reserves cross $30 billion

Thanks to higher inflow of remittances for Eid-ul-Azha

Govt cuts public food imports to save forex

Bangladesh plans to cut public foodgrain imports in the next fiscal year in an effort to save foreign currencies and avoid putting further pressure on the already strained forex reserves. 

Stress on forex reserves to ease soon: Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today in his budget speech hoped that the ongoing stress in the foreign exchange reserves would improve in a short period of time.

Why the US dollar is an optimal reserve currency for Bangladesh

The proposition that Bangladesh will move away from the US dollar-based payment settlement to a new international payment settlement is of no economic substance.

Wide gap in formal-informal exchange rates led to forex reserve slide: WB

The multilateral lender says in its latest regional economic update

Taka keeps falling, forex reserves slip below $31b

The taka has lost its value further against the US dollar after the Bangladesh Bank sold the greenback at Tk 104.5 as the foreign exchange reserves keep falling.

Forex reserves fall below $31 billion

It hit $30.92b on April 30, down from $44.01b on same day a year ago

May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022

Bangladesh Bank toughens stance against luxury imports

In the face of falling foreign exchange reserves, Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed banks to take up to 75 per cent of import payments in advance from businesses to open letters of credit (LCs) for luxury and non-essential goods.

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