In the first 19 days of this month of April, expatriate Bangladeshis have sent remittances of 128 million 15 million dollars to the country through legal channels. In local currency (one dollar is equal to 110 taka), the amount is more than 14 thousand 96 crore taka. According to this, in the last 19 days, an average of 6 crore 74 lakh dollars or more than 741 crore taka remittances have come. If this trend of expatriate income continues, the remittance or expatriate income will exceed two billion dollars at the end of the whole month.
According to the information of Bangladesh Bank, on the 19th day of this April, 128 million 15 million 10 thousand dollars came in the banking channel. Among them, 1132 million dollars came through state-owned banks, 79 million dollars through one of the two specialized banks (Krishi Bank), 10881 million dollars through private banks and 3933 million dollars through foreign banks. .
On the other hand, the number of banks where no remittance has come is 9. These include the state-owned Bangladesh Development Bank or BDBL, the specialized Rajshahi Agricultural Development Bank or RAKAB. Private banks include Community Bank, Citizens Bank and ICB Islami Bank. Foreign sector banks include Habib Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, State Bank of India and Uri Bank.
Earlier, remittances of about two billion (1.99 billion) dollars came through legal channels during the entire month of outgoing March. During the entire month, no remittances came through the state-owned Bangladesh Development Bank or BDBL, the specialized Rajshahi Agricultural Development Bank or Rakab, among private banks Community Bank, Citizens Bank, foreign sector Habib Bank, National Bank of Pakistan and State Bank of India.
Remittances of 210 crores or 2.10 billion dollars came in the first month of this year in January and 2166 million dollars came in the second month of February. In the last month of 2023, December, the remittance of 199 million dollars came.
In the first month of last year, remittances were $195.88 million in January, $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, and $133 million in September. , 197 crores in October, $193 crores came in November and $199 crores remittances came last month in December.
In 2020, the highest remittance came through the banking channel due to the closure of Hundi. In the outgoing 2022-2023 fiscal year, expatriates sent remittances of 2,161 million US dollars through banking channels. This is the second highest ever. Earlier, during the Corona period, the maximum remittance of 2 thousand 477 million dollars came to the country in the fiscal year 2020-2021.
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