Dhaka, March 9 -- Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Saturday alleged that the opposition parties, including BNP are lying about the inward remittance of the country.

He said that the volume of inward remittances sent by expatriates to the country is increasing every month. Even in the last month (February), Bangladesh received remittances of USD $2.16 billion, UNB reports.

The finance minister said this while speaking as the chief guest at the Cub Scouts' holiday program at Khansama Government Pilot Model High School, organised by Dinajpur's Khansama Upazila administration on Saturday (March 9).

About 400 Cub Scouts, scouts, and officials from 53 educational institutions participated in the Cub holiday programme organised by ...