Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$1,963.94 million 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).
Earlier, the monthly inflow of remittance hit an all-time high in July this year, which was $2,598.21 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.
Besides, the expatriates have sent $1,354.59 million through private commercial banks. Among the private commercial banks, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) received the highest amount of $598.60 million whereas Dutch- Bangla Bank (DBBL) received $98.90 million.
On the other hand, the expatriates have sent $7.91 million through the foreign commercial banks.
