Bangladesh Bank purchased a further $223.5 million from commercial banks on Tuesday, buying the dollars from 14 banks at a rate of Tk122.30 per dollar. With this latest operation, the central bank’s dollar purchases in the current fiscal year have surpassed $3.54 billion.
The central bank has been buying dollars on a sustained basis as a sharp rise in expatriate income has boosted dollar supply in the market.
Arief Hossain Khan, executive director and spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, confirmed the figures on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Bank said it bought $411 million in just the first six days of January.
Remittance inflows have also accelerated this month. Between 1 January and 5, the country received $604 million in remittances, compared with $397 million in the same period last year.
From July of the current fiscal year to 15 January, total remittances reached $16,869 million, up from $14,174 million a year earlier, marking an increase of about 19 per cent.
Remittance flows were particularly strong in December 2025, when expatriates sent $3.23 billion— the second-highest monthly inflow on record. The highest monthly remittance was recorded in March 2025, at $3.29 billion.
