Sangsad Bhaban, Feb. 28 -- Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Wednesday said in the first six months of the current fiscal year some Tk 6.81 lakh crore have been transacted through mobile financial services.

The minister said this while responding to a tabled question of ruling party MP elected from Noakhali Mamunur Rashid Kiran.

In response to the question of an independent MP elected from Dhaka Muhammad Saiful Islam, the finance minister said that from July to January of the current financial year remittance worth $12, 900.63 million have come to the country.

Of the amount, $2, 425.58 million came from the United Arab Emirates, $1,610.38 million from the United Kingdom, $ 1601.22 million from Saudi Arabia, $1332.63 million fro...