$2.76bn in remittances received in Sept: BB

Bangladesh received $2.766 billion in remittances in September, equivalent to Tk34,021.80 crore at an exchange rate of Tk123 per dollar, according to Bangladesh Bank.

Bangladesh Bank Executive Director and spokesperson Arif Hossain Khan disclosed the figure on Thursday (October 1).

According to central bank data, expatriate Bangladeshis sent $2.766 billion in remittances last month, compared with $2.686 billion during the same month of the previous fiscal year. This represents an increase of $80 million, or around 3%, year-on-year.

Meanwhile, the country received $8.591 billion in remittances during the first three months of the current fiscal year, from July 1 to September 30. During the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, remittances stood at $7.586 billion.

Thus, remittance inflows increased by 13.30% year-on-year during the July-September period.

In July, the first month of the current fiscal year, Bangladesh received $2.85876 billion in remittances. In August, the inflow stood at $2.96668 billion.

Bangladesh received a record $35.58 billion in remittances during the 2025-26 fiscal year, compared with $30.32 billion in the previous fiscal year.