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Bangladesh receives $425mn remittance in 5 days

 Published: 14:51, 7 October 2024

Bangladesh receives $425mn remittance in 5 days

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $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 yesterday.

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.