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Article: Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves surpass 9 bln USD
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 2, 2009
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Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves surpass 9 bln USD
DHAKA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves
have crossed 9-billion-U.S. dollar mark for the first time after the
South Asian country received a substantial amount of fund from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior central bank official
said on Wednesday.
"The foreign exchange reserves surged to around 9.18 billion U.
S. dollars on Tuesday from 8.53 billion U.S. dollars of the previous
day following disbursement of the IMF fund," an official of
Bangladesh Bank (BB), who requested to be unnamed as he is not
authorized to talk to media, told Xinhua on Wednesday.
The Washington-based multilateral donor ...