Remittances up 23.9 per cent year on year, $1.524 billion arrives in first 11 days of November

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Remittances in the first 11 days of this November were 23.9 per cent higher than in the same period last year. Expatriates sent home $1.524 billion during this time. In the same period last year, $1.231 billion had come in.

Bangladesh Bank data show that $116 million arrived in the country on 11 November alone.

The fiscal-year figure is also rising. From 1 July to 11 November of the current 2026-27 fiscal year, total remittances of $12.989 billion came into the country, compared with $11.38 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year. This puts annual growth at 14.2 per cent.

By the numbers

According to Bangladesh Bank data, remittances of $2.766 billion came into the country in September, bdnews24.com reported on 1 October.

According to a bdnews24.com report of 1 November, remittances rose 12 per cent in October, and $11.465 billion came in during the first four months (July-October) of the current fiscal year.

Sources

Background sources: bdnews24.com, 1 October 2026; bdnews24.com, 1 November 2026