A large portion of expatriates’ income remittances in Bangladesh comes through the bank branches located in Dhaka, according to a Bangladesh Bank analysis on the district-wise scenario of inward remittances.
This figure means that most of the families of expatriates stay in Dhaka or they have most of their accounts in the bank branches of Dhaka.
Chattogram ranks second while Sylhet and Cumilla are in third and fourth position in terms of expatriate income or remittances.
After that, the position of coastal district Noakhali, Brahmanbaria, Feni, Moulvibazar, Chandpur and Narsingdi. This position is calculated from July 2023 to February 2024, which is revealed in the central bank’s district-wise expatriate income report.
According to the report, in eight months from July-February, expatriates sent remittances worth $15.07 billion. Out of this, the expatriates sent $2.16 billion last February. In the previous month of January, the expatriate income in the country was $2.10 billion.
Among these, Dhaka district received $5.23 billion in July-February and Chattogram district received $1.42 billion in expatriate income. During this period, Sylhet district received $870 million, Cumilla $810 million and Noakhali $460 million. Apart from this, $380 million came to Brahmanbaria, $370 million to Feni, $360 million to Moulvibazar, $350 million to Chandpur and $250 million to Narsingdi.
