Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- Bangladesh's gross foreign- exchange reserves surpassed the $35-billion mark on Tuesday, supported by sustained US dollar purchases by the central bank amid stronger remittance inflows ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Officials said the interventions are aimed at stabilising the dollar-taka exchange rate while gradually rebuilding reserve buffers to meet global adequacy standards.

Reserves rose to $35.04 billion on Tuesday, up from $34.86 billion the previous day, according to the latest traditional calculation by Bangladesh Bank.

"We are working to increase the reserves to $36.50 billion after settling the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) payment obligation," a senior central banker told The Financial Express in response to a query....