Bangla Insider | In 19 days, the remittances reached 128 million 15 million dollars

In the first 19 days of this month, expatriate income or remittances came to the country 128 million 15 million 10 thousand US dollars. In domestic currency, the amount is 14 thousand 96 crore 61 lakh taka (110 taka per dollar). Among the banks operating in the country, Islami Bank received the highest expatriate income as a single bank in the first 19 days. Bangladesh Agricultural Bank is in the second position.

This information was found in the updated report of Bangladesh Bank on Sunday (April 21).

Among the remittances sent by expatriates, the largest amount of 108 million 81 million dollars came through private banks.

Apart from this, 11 million dollars came through state-owned banks, 79 million dollars through a specialized bank and 3933 thousand US dollars through foreign banks.

Before this, expatriates sent $210 million in January this year, $216 million in February and $1996.8 million in March.

According to Central Bank data, in January 2023, expatriates sent remittances of 195.88 million dollars. In addition, $156 million in February, $202 million in March, $168 million in April, $169 million in May, $220 million in June, $197 million in July, $159 million in August, $133 million in September, $197 million in October, $193 million in November and $193 million in December. 199 billion dollar remittance.

Note that in the financial year 2022-23, expatriates have sent remittances of 2 thousand 161 million US dollars. In the financial year 2020-21, the highest remittance in the history of the country was two thousand 477 million dollars.