January sees 3rd highest remittance of $3.17b
Senior Staff Reporter Published: 1 February 2026, 08:29 PM
| Updated: 1 February 2026, 08:32 PM
The expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $3.17 billion, or approximately $317 crore, in remittances in January of the current fiscal year 2025-26, the third-highest inward remittance so far.
The amount is $98.50 crore higher than the same period in the last FY 2024-25, when the country received $218.50 crore in remittances, according to updated data from Bangladesh Bank.
Accordingly, roughly $10.23 crore remittances came home on average every day in January.
The expatriates sent $1,943.60 crore from July to January in the current FY.
Earlier, the country's highest remittances of $3.29 billion or $329 crore came in March of 2024-25 FY, and the second highest of $3.22 billion or $322.67 crore in December in the current FY.
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