Bangladesh receives Tk 18,000 crore remittance in 19 days

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $1,532.66 million (about Tk 18,000) remittances during the first 19 days of October in the fiscal 2024-25.

Of this, remittances through state-owned and specialised banks accounted for $8.06 crore. 
 
According to the BB data, during the 19 days, six state-owned commercial banks - Agrani, Janata, Rupali, Sonali, Basic and BDBL- received $40.08 crore while one state-owned specialized bank- Bangladesh Krishi Bank- received $ 7. 81 crore.

Besides, the expatriates have sent $1049.66 million through private commercial banks.

The highest $308.15 million remittance came to the country through Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.