Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Bngladesh received US $2.18 billion inward remittance in January by legal channel, a growth of 3.4 percent year-on-year.

A review of the Central Bank's data showed that expatriates sent $15.96 billion remittance so far in 7 months from July to January of the current fiscal year 2024-25. In the same period of the previ-ous fiscal year 2023-24, the expatriates sent $12.91 billion inward remittance. This means the flow of inward remittance grew by 23.6 percent in the FY2024-25.

The expatriates sent $70.49 million as remittance on average in each day of January 2025. In the last seven months, the country received $2.28 billion as remittance in each month from July to Jan-uary.

Bangladesh received $1.91 billion as a remitta...