Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 19 -- The Bangladesh Taka (BDT) appreciated by two poisha against the US dollar on Wednesday after nearly three years in the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market.

The US dollar was quoted at BDT 84.88 per unit on the day against BDT 84.90 of the previous working day, according to the market operators.

"The exchange of local currency against the US dollar has been fixed in line with the market requirement," a senior official of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the BBN in Dhaka.

He also said the demand for the US currency decreased slightly following higher inflow of remittances and lower import payment obligations recently.

Bangladesh received more than $1.0 billion remittances in the first 17 days of this mo...