Dhaka, Jan. 3 -- Local-currency taka depreciated marginally in the just-past calendar year as policy buttress and steady dollar flow deterred steep devaluation suffered in 2024, sources say.

This is due to tighter monetary policy, strong dollar inflow and subdued demand for the greenback, according to central bankers.

In early weeks of January in 2025 the dollar-taka exchange rate was recorded at Tk 122 and at the end of December 2025 it stood at Tk 122.32 or 0.27-percent depreciation, according to Bangladesh Bank statistics.

The taka had weakened more than 9.0 per cent in the calendar year 2024.

However, the local currency had lost its value by as much as more than 40 per cent between 2021 and 2024.

Senior central bankers say the sh...