* Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv LONDON, March 18(Reuters) - Sterling edged higher against the euro on Thursday ahead of a Bank of England meeting expected to maintain the central bank’s 895 billion-pound bond-buying programme, but it stabilised against the dollar amid a rise in bond yields. The pound rose 0.3% to 85.51 pence at 0945 GMT. It was flat against the dollar at $1.3963, after touching a week high of $1.4001 at 0710 GMT.