Expatriate income or remittances are in positive trend. In the first 8 days of March, remittances of 51 crore 29 lakh US dollars have arrived in the country. As such, an average of 5 crore 20 lakh 20 thousand dollars of remittances came to the country every day.
This information is known from the updated report of Bangladesh Bank on Sunday (March 10).
According to the data of the Central Bank, in the first 8 days of this month, 51 crore 29 lakh 10 thousand US dollars remittances have arrived in the country. Of this, 5 crore 42 lakh 20 thousand dollars came through the state-owned banks.
Besides, 97 lakh 20 thousand dollars came through specialized banks, 44 crore 90 lakh 10 thousand dollars through private banks and 17 lakh 60 thousand dollars through foreign sector banks.
And last February, 216 crore 60 lakh US dollars remittances came to the country which is the highest of the current financial year.