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The country's gross foreign exchange (forex) reserve in IMF's (International Monetary Fund) arithmetic crossed $27 billion mark on Thursday.
It was the highest figure since Bangladesh stepped into sixth edition of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, generally known as BPM6, as part of its $5.50 billion lending package for stabilising the country's macroeconomic situations. According to the statistics available with Bangladesh Bank (BB), the gross reserve in BPM6 calculation rose to $27.12 billion on October 09, 2025 from $26.84 billion recorded a day ago.
As per the central bank's estimation, the gross reserve increased to $31.94 billion on the day from that of $31.72 billion on Wednesday last.
Bangladesh entered into the IMF's BPM6 regime in early 2023 after the multilateral donor agency approved a $4.70-billion lending package. Later, the Bretton Woods institution expanded the lending programme with the increase of loans by $800 million.
Preferring anonymity, a BB official said the rising inflow of foreign currencies against its comparatively lower outflow due to economic slowdown since the change in state power following last year's mass uprising helped raise the country's forex reserve.
Simultaneously, the central bank continued purchase of forex from the commercial banks as part of its market intervention strategy under the prevailing free-floating exchange rate regime also contributed to it.
"Bother the factors played a significant role in bolstering the forex reserve," the central banker said.
According to the BB data, the banking regulator bought a total of $2.09 billion from the market since July 13 to help keep the Taka-US Dollar exchange rate stable.
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