United News of Bangladesh

The country has witnessed a significant surge in remittance inflows, as Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries sent home US$1.21 billion in the first 11 days of April. According to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB), the figure represents an 18.4% growth compared to the same period last year, when the country received $1.02 billion in remittance. In the current fiscal year (FY2025-26), the cumulative remittance inflow from July to April 11 has reached $27.42 billion, marking a substantial 20.02% increase from the $22.84 billion recorded during the corresponding period last year. Analysts and central bank officials attribute this "unusual" and robust growth to several key factors, including a stabilised dollar exchange rate and rising income levels for expatriates in developed economies among other factors. Officials from the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank expressed optimism regarding the trend. They noted that the consistent increase in expatriate income will play a vital role in mitigating foreign exchange shortages and maintaining a stable exchange rate for the national economy.

Bangladesh received US $1.15 billion remittance in  the first 14 days of June 2025, a slowdown of 30.1 percent year-on-year. Despite this slide, Bangladesh’s remittance earnings grew by 24.5 percent in the current fiscal year 2024-25. Bangladesh received $28.65 billion remittance so far in the FY2024-25, which was $23.01 billion in the previous FY2023- 24. Remittance inflow stays strong as BD expats send $1.61bn in 17 days of May According to Bangladesh Bank's latest update, the expatriates have sent $1.15 billion remittance in 14 days of June 2025, which was $1.64 billion in June 2024. Last year, Eid-Ul-Azha was celebrated in the third week of June last year. As a result, remittance in that time was 30.1 percent higher. The expatriates sent $27.5 billion remittance in 11 months (July-May) of the current FY2024- 25. The scenery of 11 months remittance is as follows- *May $2.97 billion *April: $2.75 billion *March: $3.29 billion *February: $2.53 billion. *January: $2.19 billion *December: $2.64 billion *November $2.2 billion *October: $2.39 billion *September: $2.4 billion *August: $2.22 billion *In July: $ 1.91 billion