During the first 15 days of February, 1,312.23 million USD in remittances were sent by expatriates. This amounts to around 16,090 crore taka at a rate of 122 taka per dollar.

This information was made public on Sunday, February 16, by Bangladesh Bank’s revised report.

The largest amount of remittances, 753.9 million dollars, came from private banks during the first 15 days of this month.
Additionally, state-owned banks contributed 466.55 million dollars, the Agricultural Bank contributed 88.79 million, and foreign sector banks contributed roughly 3 million dollars.

Prior to this, in January, foreigners sent $2.19 billion in remittances to the nation.
Remittances to the country totaled 211 crore 31 lakh 50 thousand in January of last year, 216 crore 45 lakh 60 thousand in February, 199 crore 70 lakh 70 thousand in March, 204 crore 42 lakh 30 thousand in April, 225 crore 49 lakh 30 thousand in May, 253 crore 86 lakh in June, 191 crore 37 lakh 70 thousand in July, 222 crore 41 lakh 50 thousand in August, 240 crore 47 lakh 90 thousand in September, 239 crore 50 lakh 8 thousand in October, 219 crore 95 lakh 10,000 in November, and 263 crore 87 lakh 80 thousand in December.

Remittances to the nation totaled 2,688 crore 91 lakh US dollars in the recently concluded year 2024.