Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- Bangladesh Bank's gross foreign exchange reserves have crossed US $32.72 billion on Monday.

Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank confirmed this through an official statement.

However, the foreign exchange reserves stood at $28.03 billion by the BPM6 method.

On December 1, gross reserves stood at $26.51 billion based on this method.

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This indicates that reserves have grown by approximately $1.5 billion within just 20 days.

Central bank officials attributed this growth primarily to the strategic purchase of dollars from commercial banks through scheduled auctions and the rising trend of remittance.

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