Bangladesh’s steadily expanding engagement with the global economy has made foreign exchange rates a crucial indicator influencing nearly all spheres of financial activity. From international trade and remittance inflows to foreign direct investment, fluctuations in currency values play a decisive role in shaping economic outcomes. As a result, exchange rates are regularly updated in line […]

Bangladesh has lost an estimated USD 68.3 billion over the past decade through illicit financial flows disguised within international trade, according to a recent report by the US-based research body Global Financial Integrity. In Bangladeshi currency terms, this amounts to more than BDT 833,000 crore, calculated at an exchange rate of BDT 122 per US […]