Wednesday, 14 May 2025, a press conference organized by Bangladesh Bank. An announcement was made by the Bangladesh Bank Governor, Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur that dollar-taka exchange rate will be based on the market rate from now due to the current stable situation of market.
Also mentioned that amount of $1.33 billion of loan installment may receive from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He assured that currently the supply of dollars in the market is sufficient. For that, there is no possibility of increasing sudden or abnormal rate of dollar. He explained the reason behind this stability is- it will be determined according to country’s internal demand and supply.
According to his expectation, the dollar rate will remain around 122 taka as it is for a long time.
As per the information of Bankers, there are sufficient amount of dollar in collection due to remittance flow around Eid.
On the second day of this decision, an informal meeting has arranged by the treasury heads of the commercial banks. They decided to buy and sell dollars at 122 taka. Only two of them didn’t agree with this decision and decided to buy remittance at 122.50 taka.
However, This exchange rate will be a unannounced limit. Bangladesh bank planning to continue buying and selling operation in foreign exchange market.
