BB buys $85 million through dollar auction
BB buys $85 million through dollar auction

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday purchased $85 million from six commercial banks through multiple auction methods. According to central bank data, the dollars were purchased at a rate of Tk 122.75 per US dollar. With the latest purchase, the central banks total dollar purchase stood at $395...

Bangladesh Bank buys $50m via dollar auction
Bangladesh Bank buys $50m via dollar auction

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday purchased $50 million from three commercial banks through multiple auction methods. According to central bank data, it bought dollars at the rate of Tk 122.75. Accordingly, total purchases stood at $80 million in May 2026 and $5,753.50 million in FY 2025-26....

Bangladesh to be a trillion-dollar economy during present govt tenure
Bangladesh to be a trillion-dollar economy during present govt tenure

Bangladesh would be a trillion-dollar economy during the current tenure of the BNP government, reports BSS. Members of the treasury bench expressed the hope while taking part in the discussion on the Thanksgiving Motion on the Presidents speech in the House on Sunday. They said Prime Minister...

BB buys $70m from banks in first purchase in nearly two months
BB buys $70m from banks in first purchase in nearly two months

The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday bought $70 million from commercial banks at a rate of Tk122.75, according to a senior official, reports TBS. The central bank has resumed purchasing US dollars from commercial banks through an auction, after a gap of nearly two months. Earlier this week, the...

Govt aims to build trillion-dollar economy by 2034
Govt aims to build trillion-dollar economy by 2034

The BNP-led government has set a key target of getting the country to a trillion-dollar economy by 2034, said Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at a parliamentary session on Monday. To this end, the government is preparing short, medium, and long term plans, he said in reply to a...