Inflow of remittances witnessed a year-on-year growth of 7.1 percent reaching US$1780 million in the first 20 days of October, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued today.
Last year, during the same period, the country's remittance inflow was $1,661 million.
During the July to October 20, 2025 of the current fiscal year, expatriates sent remittances of $9,365 million, which was $8,204 million during the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Earlier, in the first seven days of October, expatriates sent $692 million in remittances to Bangladesh, averaging about $98.8 million per day.
Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, shared this information on October 8. He noted that during the same period last year, remittances totaled $683 million, indicating a slight increase in remittance inflows this year compared to the same time last year.
Additionally, on October 7 alone, $141 million in remittances came into the country. From the start of the 2024-25 fiscal year until October 7, a total of $8.278 billion has been received, which is 14.60% higher than the same period last year.
In September, this year, $2.685 billion in remittances were received, in August $2.421 billion, and in July $2.478 billion.
In the 2024-25 fiscal year, a total of $30.32 billion (or $3,032.8 crore) in remittances has been received, setting a record for the highest remittance in a single fiscal year in the country’s history