DHAKA, June 2, 2020 (BSS) – Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$
1,503.40 million remittance during the month of May in the fiscal
2019-20, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
In May of this fiscal year, six state-owned commercial banks — Agrani, Janata,
Rupali, Sonali, Basic and BDBL — received $347.11 million while one
state- owned specialised bank- Bangladesh Krishi Bank received $40.77
million.
Of the state-owned banks, Agrani Bank received $119.68 million, Janata
Bank $58.89 million, Rupali Bank $37.61 million, Sonali Bank $130.85
million and Basic Bank received $0.08 million.
Besides, the expatriates have sent $1,108.01 million through private
commercial banks. Among the private commercial banks, Islami Bank
Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) received the highest amount of $460.96
million where as Dutch- Bangla Bank (DBBL) received $153.58 million.
On the other hand, the expatriates have sent $7.51 million through the
foreign commercial banks.