DHAKA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- With 2.42 billion U.S. dollars received in the first 28 days of December, Bangladesh has recorded its highest remittance inflows in the first half of this fiscal year 2024-25 (July 2024-June 2025), an official has said.
Husne Ara Shikha, spokesperson and executive director of Bangladesh Bank (BB), told journalists Sunday that "remittance inflows reached 2.42 billion dollars in the first 28 days of December."
With three days remaining in the month, she said the total inflow of remittances in December this year is expected to rise further.
The figure was recorded at 1.99 billion dollars in December last year.
Bangladesh's remittances grew 10 percent year-on-year to 23.9 billion dollars in fiscal 2023-24, with the receipts in June standing at 2.54 billion dollars.
The remittances mostly came from the Middle Eastern countries of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain. ■
