Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 5 -- The inflow of remittances crossed US$6.0 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) as the government started providing incentive to the beneficiaries against inward remittance.

Depreciating mode of the local currency against the US dollar has also pushed up the flow of inward remittances in the recent months, bankers said.

They also expected that the ongoing upward trend of inward remittance may continue in the coming months as the government has announced 2.0 per cent incentive for remittance receipts.

The government had already allocated BDT 30.60 billion as incentive in the budget for the FY '20 to encourage the expatriate workers to send their money through legal channels.

The fl...