The upward trend in remittances sent by Bangladesh expatriates has continued in January, with receiving over US $1.59 billion in 13 days of the month.
Bangladesh received $17.85 billion in inward remittances from July to January 13, 2026, in the current fiscal year, FY 2025-26. It was 14.7 billion in the same period of the previous FY2024-25, and saw a growth of 21.5 percent.
Blessings on the remittance, the gross forex reserves of Bangladesh cross $33 billion. As per the IMF standard BPM6, the forex reserves stood at $29 billion plus.
Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, confirmed that the expatriates have sent $1.59 billion in the first 13 days of January 2026, which was $926 million in the same period of January 2025. It means the remittance earnings grew by 71.8 percent in this time.
The growth is attributed to several factors, including incentives offered for sending money through legal banking channels, increased encouragement for using the formal system and the active role of exchange houses.
Bangladesh remittance hits record $17.17 billion in 6 months as inflow surges
In FY2025-26, Bangladesh received $2.47 billion in remittances in July, $2.42 billion in August, $2.68 billion in September, $2.56 billion in October, $2.88 billion in November, and $3.22 billion in December.
The data revealed that the average inward remittance flow was over $2.42 billion in the last six months. This robust flow of remittance influences Bangladeshi policymakers to discourage lending from the IMF with tough conditions.