Remittance hits record high, nearly $3b come in 26 days 

A record amount of remittances arrived in Bangladesh till March 26. 

Up to this time, expatriates sent 294.5 million US dollars legally through banking channels. 

The amount in local currency is 36,223.5 crore  (123 taka per dollar).

According to Bangladesh Bank sources on Thursday (March 27), the average daily remittance received this month was 11.32 crore dollars or 1,393.21 crore taka.

Accordingly, remittances have increased by $4,743 million or 28.4 percent in a span of about nine months.