Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$1,963.94 million in remittance during the month of August in the fiscal 2020-21 which is the second highest in the country's history, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB), reports BSS.
Earlier, the monthly inflow of remittance hit an all-time high in July this year, which was $2,598.21 million.
In August of this fiscal year, six state-owned commercial banks -Agrani, Janata, Rupali, Sonali, Basic and BDBL - received $574.17 million while one state- owned specialised bank- Bangladesh Krishi Bank received $27.27 million.
Of the state-owned banks, Agrani Bank received $327.69 million, Janata Bank $74.74 million, Rupali Bank $65.70 million, Sonali Bank $105.92 million and Basic Bank received $0.12 million.
$1,963.94m remitted home in August
FE Team | Published: September 02, 2020 22:00:20
$1,963.94m remitted home in August
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