The country received the highest-ever remittance in its history, amounting to $2.64 billion (or $2.639 billion). In local currency terms (calculated at 120 BDT per dollar), this translates to approximately 31,668 crore BDT.
This is the largest amount of remittance recorded in a single month. Previously, the highest monthly remittance was $2.59 billion, received in July 2020 during the COVID-19 period. That record has now been surpassed in December 2024, the Victory Month of Bangladesh, according to data from the Bangladesh Bank.
Bangladesh Bank data reveals that nearly $2.64 billion in remittance was received throughout December 2024. This amount is $648 million higher than the same period last year. In December 2023, the country received $1.991 billion. Excluding July 2024, remittance inflow exceeded $2 billion in all other months of the year.
Data also shows that in the first half of the current fiscal year 2024-25 (July–December), expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittances totaling $13.777 billion. This marks an increase of $2.977 billion compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year when remittance inflows amounted to $10.8 billion.
