Bangladesh receives $1,973m remittance in July

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $1,973.15 million remittances from abroad during the month of July in the fiscal 2023-24.

As per Bangladesh Bank (BB) available data, state-owned banks brought in $244.51 million while 43 private sector banks brought $1,665.25 million remittances.

The highest $672.62 million remittance came to the country through Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.

State-owned Agrani Bank came second as it channelled $123.31 million while private commercial lender Social Islami Bank Limited brought in the third-highest amount of $102 million.