2024-02-11 20:13:21
In the first 9 days of this month of February, expatriates sent remittances of 631.7 million US dollars through legal channels and banking channels, amounting to 6 thousand 949 million taka (110 taka per dollar) in local currency. Daily average remittances are more than 70 million dollars.
This information is known from the updated report of Bangladesh Bank on Sunday (February 11).
According to the information, on the 9th day of this month, 60.9 million dollars came through state-owned banks, 2.96 million dollars through a specialized bank, 53.16 million dollars through private banks and 1.390 million dollars through foreign banks.
At the beginning of 2024, remittances in January reached 210 million dollars. In the last month of December 2023, expatriates sent remittances of 199 million dollars. In January 2023, remittances were $195.88 million, February $156 million, March $202 million, April $168 million, May $169 million, June $220 million, July $197 million, August $159 million, $159 million, September $133 million, October 197 million. Crores, November 193 crore remittances have arrived.
In the last financial year 2022-23, the total remittance received was 2 thousand 161 crore 7 lakh US dollars. In the previous financial year 2021-22, the total remittance came to 2 thousand 103 crore 17 lakh US dollars. In the financial year 2020-21, the remittance came to 2 thousand 477 crore 77 million US dollars. Which is the maximum remittance amount.