Remittance inflow hits $191cr in March
Staff Reporter Dhaka
Published: 1 April 2021, 10:00 PM | Updated: 1 April 2021, 10:04 PM
Published: 1 April 2021, 10:00 PM | Updated: 1 April 2021, 10:04 PM
The expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittance of record $191 crore in month of March of the current fiscal year 2020-21 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The amount is 35.10 per cent higher than that of the same period of the FY 2019-20 when the country received $127 crore remittance, Bangladesh Bank said in its updated report on Thursday.
The country's prominent people saw the record number of remittance inflow amid the coronavirus pandemic as a positive sign, reasoning the government's cash incentives in this regard.
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