B Mirror Report : The Bangladesh Bank has purchased an additional $22.35 million from 14 commercial banks in the country. The exchange rate was set at BDT 122.30 per dollar, which was also applied as the cut-off rate.
According to a Bangladesh Bank press release, during the first six months of the current 2025-26 fiscal year (from July to January 6), the central bank has purchased a total of $354.65 million, equivalent to approximately $3.55 billion.
Bangladesh Bank’s Executive Director and spokesperson Arif Hossain Khan stated that on Tuesday, the bank purchased $22.35 million from the 14 commercial banks.
The dollar’s exchange and cut-off rate was fixed at BDT 122.30, bringing the total purchase in January 2026 alone to $411 million. So far in the 2025-26 fiscal year, the central bank’s cumulative dollar purchase has reached $3.5465 billion.
