The country's overseas employment in February experienced the worst ever performance in last five years, badly warning of an impending disaster to the largest revenue generating sector, said experts.
The country received remittances of US$ 6,484.12 million or Taka 44,805.27 crore during the first seven months of this fiscal (July 09 to January 2010) against US dollar 5,363.73 million of Taka 37,063.37 crore during the same period of last fiscal, marking a rise by 20.89 percent.
Bangladeshis working abroad remitted US$1.054 billion in November this year--- the highest monthly inflow in history thanks largely to the Eid ul-Azha festival, officials told AHN Media on Thursday.
The story goes back almost two years ago to be exact one year and nine months. The location was Zia International Airport and the time was 11 am.
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এটা সবাই অবগত যে, প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশীদের পাঠানো অর্থ বা রেমিট্যান্স বর্তমানে বাংলাদেশের বৈদেশিক মুদ্রার সবচেয়ে বড় উৎস। গত অর্থ বছরে (২০০৭-২০০৮ ইং) বিশ্বের বিভিন্ন দেশ থেকে প্রবাসীদের পাঠানো মোট অর্থের পরিমান জিডিপির ৮.৮%, বিদেশি বিনিয়োগের ৫ গুন এবং ঐ বছর প্রাপ্ত মোট বৈদেশিক সাহায্য ও ঋণের ৭ গুনেরও বেশী।
The country's foreign exchange reserves increased in the last 12 months although the remittance inflow showed a declining trend in April this year.
The central bank chief has expressed his hope that despite the global recession the remittance inflow in the current fiscal year would cross $9.5 billion, half a billion higher than the previous year.
Remittance flow to Bangladesh would double in 10 years and at a similar rate would grow the demand for quality money transfer services, a senior official of global money transfer giant MoneyGram International said Thursday.
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed Wednesday said the remittance inflow remained steady, but it is still a challenge for the presently sound economy.
