Expatriate Bangladeshis sent 2 billion dollars remittances

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittances of 201 million dollars in the month of March. Which is the highest in the last seven months. Before this, expatriates sent remittances of 203 crores (2.03 billion) dollars last August.

This information was given in the report published by the central bank on Sunday (April 2).

According to the data of the central bank, in the whole month of March, 201 crore 77 lakh dollars of remittances have come in legitimate way. This amount of remittance is 457.2 million dollars more than the previous month. In local currency (107 taka per dollar) which amounts to taka 21 thousand 589 crores.

Last February, remittances came in at 156 million 12 million dollars.

In addition, compared to March of the previous year (2022), remittances have increased by 8.49 percent or 15.8 million dollars. In March last year, expatriate income was 185 million 97 million dollars.

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