In the first 17 days of this month of August, remittances of 114 crore 42 lakh 20 thousand dollars have arrived in the country legally. Up to the first three days of August, remittances to the country reached 9.56 lakh 50 thousand dollars. Only from August 4 to 10 came 38 million 71 million 20 thousand dollars.

According to the review of the data, in the first 17 days of August, the remittances received through legal channels were 114 crore 42 lakh 20 thousand dollars. In Bangladeshi currency (as per dollar 118 taka) which amounts to more than 13 thousand 374 crore taka.

At this time, 15 million 29 million dollars came through the state-owned banks, about 3 million 77 million dollars came through one of the two specialized banks (Krishi Bank). More than 94 million 14 million dollars came through private banks and 2.15 million dollars came through foreign banks.

The number of banks which did not receive any remittance during the discussed period is 10. These include Rashtriya Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL), Specialized Rajshahi Agricultural Development Bank (RAKAB). Private Sector Community Bank, Citizen Bank, ICB Islami Bank, Padma Bank, Shimonda Bank. Foreign sector banks include Habib Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, State Bank of India and Uri Bank.

Sources -Bangladesh Bank.