BB buys US$38m through dollar auction | Business

DHAKA, Oct 14, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Bank (BB) today purchased US$38million from six commercial banks through multiple auction methods as part ofits ongoing strategy to curb the depreciation of the US dollar against theTaka and revitalise the remittance and export sectors. The central bank set a cut-off rate of Taka 121.80 for these dollarpurchases, according to the central bank data. Bangladesh Bank has bought a total of $2,126 million from commercial bankstill now of the fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26). Talking to BSS, a senior official of the central bank said BB has intervenedin the market by purchasing US dollars from commercial banks through anauction aiming to keep the exchange rate of the BDT against the greenbackstable. He also said...