Written by The Banking Post
The country’s gross foreign exchange (forex) reserve in IMF’s (International Monetary Fund) arithmetic crossed $27 billion-mark on Thursday.
The figure is highest since Bangladesh stepped into sixth editions 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 central bank of the country, the gross reserve in BPM6 calculation rose to $27.12 billion on September 09, 2025 from $26.84 billion recorded a day ago.
In terms of BB estimation, the gross reserve increased to $31.94 billion on the day from $31.72 billion registered on Wednesday last, the data showed.
Bangladesh entered into the IMF’s BPM6 regime since early 2023 after the multilateral donor agency approved $4.70 billion lending package. Later, the Bretton Woods institution expanded the lending programme with increasing the loans by $800 million.
Seeking anonymity, a BB official said the rising inflow of foreign currencies against comparatively lower outflow due to economic slowdown since the change in state power following last year’s mass uprising.
Simultaneously, the central bank continues purchasing forex from the commercial banks as part of its forex market intervention strategy under the prevailing free-floating exchange rate regime.
“This plays 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 stabilise the price of Taka-US Dollar exchange rate.
