Remittances drop to 40-month low

Remittances drop to 40-month low

Bangladesh’s inward remittances in September fell by a whopping 12.7 percent ($ 196 million) year-on-year, to USD $1.34 billion - the lowest in almost 3-and-a-half years. The remittance flow in September decreased by $255.79 billion compared to August, Bangladesh Bank's (BB) latest remittance data reveals, reports UNB. The expatriates sent close to $1.6 billion in remittances in August,...

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