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Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Monday said Indians living in Bangladesh took away $50.60 million to their country in the first ten months of the running 2023-24 financial year.
At the same time, foreigners took a total of $130.58 million to their respective countries, said the finance minister.
The finance minister in response to a written question of an Independent MP elected from Faridpur-3 Constituency AK Azad divulged the information in Parliament.
He said the annual income information of foreign nationals living in Bangladesh is not stored in Bangladesh Bank.
“From July to April of the current financial year (2023-24), foreign nationals living in Bangladesh have taken $130.58 million from their income to their country.”
Giving the information about the number of dollars taken by the citizens of any country, the minister said, India $50.60 million, China $14.56 million, Sri Lanka $12.71 million, Japan $6.89 million, Korea $6.21 million, Thailand $5.30 million, United Kingdom $3.59 million, Pakistan $3.24 million, United States $3.17 million, Malaysia $2.40 million, citizens of other countries took $21.92 million to their country.
