Bangladesh, Nov. 6 -- Bangladesh has made a routine payment of US$1.64 billion to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) to settle import bills for September-October 2026, putting fresh pressure on the country's foreign-exchange reserves.

Advertisement After the payment, the country's gross foreign-exchange (forex) reserves fell to $34.85 billion on Thursday from $36.38 billion on the previous working day, according to the latest central bank's statistics.

As per the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6), the reserves dropped to $29.98 billion during the period from $31.51 billion.

Imports settled through the ACU rose nearly 18 per cent to $1.64 billion in Se...