Remittance Inflows Cross $1.5 Billion in Two Weeks

In the first 14 days of October, Bangladeshi expatriates working abroad sent home $1.516 billion (1.516 billion USD) in remittances. In local currency, this amounts to Tk 18,646.80 crore (at an exchange rate of Tk 123 per dollar). Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, shared this information on Thursday.

According to Bangladesh Bank data, the remittance inflow stood at $1.516 billion during these 14 days of October, up from $1.351 billion received during the same period in the previous month. This marks an increase of approximately $165 million, or 12.20 percent, compared to the corresponding period of last year.

Meanwhile, in the current fiscal year from July 1 to October 14, remittance inflows reached $10.108 billion. During the same period last fiscal year, expatriates sent $8.937 billion. Year-on-year, remittance inflows grew by 13.10 percent during this period.

Earlier, in the outgoing month of September, the country received a total of $2.766 billion (2.766 billion USD) in remittances. In July, the first month of the current fiscal year, remittance receipts totaled $2.85876 billion, while August recorded $2.96668 billion. For context, total remittance inflows in the 2025–26 fiscal year stood at $35.58 billion, compared to $30.32 billion in the preceding 2024-25 fiscal year.