Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) purchased an additional $196.5 million from 16 banks on Thursday, continuing its aggressive streak of dollar procurement to manage the country's foreign exchange market.

The central bank executed the purchase at a cut-off rate of Tk 122.30 per US dollar, Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, confirmed this.

With this latest move, the central bank's total dollar purchases for the month of February have reached $586 million in just five days. The total acquisition for the current fiscal year FY2025-26 now stands at a substantial $4.51 billion.

This week has seen consistent intervention by the central bank. Previously on Wednesday (Feb 4), $171 million was purchase...