BD receives $1.78b remittances in 1st 19 days of April

Business Desk:

The strong inflow of remittances has continued into April, with expatriates sending $1.78 billion in the first 19 days of the month.

This follows a record-breaking $3.29 billion received in March.

Bangladesh Bank’s latest update revealed that Bangladeshi expatriates have sent around US$ 1.72 billion in inward remittance in 1-19 days of April, reports UNB.

In April last year, the expatriates sent $2.04 billion remittance, while in the 19 days of April this year sent $1.78 billion remittance.

Accordingly, Bangladesh received $90.45 million remittance so far in each day of April.

The state-owned commercial banks received a total of $639.7 million, two specialised banks received $90.26 million, private banks received $985.42 millio,n and foreign banks received $3.35 million.