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Remittances hit $208cr in 27 days of August

The expatriate Bangladeshis sent $208.70 crore in remittances in the first 27 days of August, the second month of current fiscal year 2025-26.

The amount is $11.60 crore than that of last FY2024-25 when the country received $197.10 crore, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).

The report, released on Thursday, August 28, said the expatriates sent $7.73 crore on average every day. 

The remittance inflow in the first two months of current FY – July and August – hit $456.50 crore, a $17.05 per cent growth compared to the same period of last FY2024-25 when the amount was $388.50 crore.

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