Bangladesh clears 1.37 bln USD bimonthly ACU payments

DHAKA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh has cleared 1.37 billion U.S. dollars in bimonthly payments with the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), an arrangement for settling payments for intra-regional transactions among its members.

After the ACU payment, Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves reached 19.46 billion dollars as per calculations based on the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payment Manual 6 as of Se