Bangladesh receives $425 million remittance in 5 days

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$ 425 million remittances during the first five-day of October in the fiscal 2024-25.

Remittance receipts were $325 million during the same period of the last year.

Of this, remittances through state-owned and specialised banks accounted for $123.04 million, while private banks received $300.20 million, according to Bangladesh Bank data released today.

During July 2024 to October 5, 2024, expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $ 6,967 million remittances, which was $5,232 million at the same period of the last year.