Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $1,532.66 million remittances during the first 19 days of October in the fiscal 2024-25.
Of this, remittances through state-owned and specialised banks accounted for $478.98 million.
According
to the BB data, during the 19 days, six state-owned commercial banks -
Agrani, Janata, Rupali, Sonali, Basic and BDBL - received $400.82
million while one state-owned specialized bank- Bangladesh Krishi Bank-
received $78.16 million.
Of the state-owned banks, Agrani Bank
received $95.17 million, Janata Bank $105.50 million, Rupali Bank $96.06
million, Sonali Bank $104.05 million and Basic Bank received $0.04
million.
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.
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