Bangladeshi migrants sent home $2.75 billion in the month
Migrants sent home $2.6 billion in the first 29 days of April
SM Faruqi Hasan, founding president of the Ontario unit of the Awami League, is involved in the case
Remittances have become a much-anticipated relief for the economy reeling under macroeconomic stress, growing steadily since August last year and providing the interim government with a breather amid a rapid erosion of foreign exchange reserves.
Migrants sent home $2.52 billion in February
Migrants sent home $2.18 billion in the first month of 2025
However, November’s inflow of $2.2 billion was 8.16% lower than the previous month
Migrant Bangladeshis sent home $2.39 billion in October
Many are sympathetic towards migrant workers for justifiable reasons.
The government is planning to send 12 lakh migrant workers abroad this year, Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam says.
Afzal Hossain of Noakhali had gone to Saudi Arabia for job, spending Tk 6 lakh.
Bangladesh’s migrant workers toil in foreign lands for longer hours compared to peers from other countries, but they earn much less as they lack skills and face a language barrier, depriving themselves of a better future and the country of remittance.
Inbound remittance from expatriate workers in the Middle East in fiscal year 2014-15 stood slightly above US$9 billion reflecting a rise of 8 percent from the level of previous year.
While waiting for my connecting flight to Dhaka at Dubai's airport lounge, I came across throngs of fellow Bangladeshi nationals waiting to fly back home.
It is heartening to note that the fiscal year has closed posting $15.31 billion worth of remittance, the highest ever in Bangladesh's history.
Bangladesh received record $15.3 billion in remittance from expatriates working abroad in the last fiscal year.
The government finally takes initiative to develop a bond market in the country.
