During the initial 26 days of July, the first month of the 2025–26 fiscal year, expatriate Bangladeshis sent $1.93 billion in remittances. When converted to Bangladeshi currency at an exchange rate of Tk 122 per dollar, this equates to roughly Tk 23,582.60 crore.

The confirmation came on Sunday (July 27) from Arif Hossain Khan, the Executive Director and Spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank.

Data from the central bank indicates that this year’s remittance figure for the first 26 days of July shows a notable increase compared to the same timeframe last year, when remittance inflows were $155.90 crore. Consequently, the country received an additional $37.40 crore, or about Tk 4,563 crore, in remittances year-on-year.

In the last month of the previous 2024–25 fiscal year, Bangladesh received $281.80 crore in remittances via banking channels, which in local currency surpassed Tk 34,404 crore. The average daily remittance inflow for that month was approximately $9.40 crore, equivalent to Tk 1,147 crore.

The figure for June represents the third-highest monthly remittance inflow in the history of the country. The second-highest was in May, with remittances amounting to $2.97 billion, while the highest was recorded in March, with an unprecedented $3.29 billion in remittances.

From July to June in the 2024–25 fiscal year, Bangladesh received a cumulative total of $30.33 billion in remittances, reflecting a 26.8 percent increase compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year. In 2023–24, the total remittance inflow was $23.91 billion.

Monthly data for the last fiscal year demonstrated steady growth. In July, remittances were $191.37 crore, followed by $222.13 crore in August, $240.41 crore in September, and $239.50 crore in October. November saw a figure of $220 crore, which increased to $264 crore in December. January recorded $219 crore, February $253 crore, March $329 crore, April $275 crore, May $297 crore, and June concluded with $282 crore in remittances.