Remittance kept up its strong growth momentum last month as migrant workers sent home 10.16 per cent more than they did a year earlier, in a major boost to the economy under stress from sliding exports. Exports fell 5.21 per cent year-on-year to $22.92 billion in the...
Expatriate Bangladeshis in Malaysia, the fifth highest source of remittance for the country, would soon be able to send in money to their near and dear ones at home on a real time basis thanks to a novel arrangement between Malaysian fintech firm Valyou, British bank Standard...
Remittance continued its upward trend last month, with migrant workers sending home 3 per cent more than they did a year earlier, in what can be viewed as the perfect foil to the sliding exports, the other source of foreign exchange for the government. Export earnings fell...
চলতি অর্থবছর থেকে প্রবাসীদের পাঠানো রেমিট্যান্সে ২ শতাংশ প্রণোদনা দেয় সরকার। আর এতেই হচ্ছে একের পর এক রেকর্ড। এই রেকর্ডের কারণে চলতি অর্থবছরের বাজেটে এ খাতে বরাদ্দের অর্ধেক টাকা শেষ হয়ে গেছে। বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক থেকে অর্থ মন্ত্রণালয়ে চিঠি দিয়ে বলা হয়েছে জরুরি ভিত্তিতে তৃতীয় ও চতুর্থ কিস্তির...
কেবল একটি বছর শেষ হয়ে যাচ্ছে তা কিন্তু নয়, একটি দশকও শেষ হচ্ছে। ২০১০ সালে এই দশকের শুরু, আর শেষ ২০১৯ দিয়ে। আমরা যেমন নতুন বছরে প্রবেশ করছি, একই সঙ্গে শুরু হচ্ছে নতুন একটি দশক। কেমন গেল ২০১০–এর এই দশক। ২০০৮ সালের বিশ্ব মন্দার পরে যথেষ্ট অনিশ্চয়তার...
Remitters who will wire $1,500 or equivalent amount of other currencies or Tk 150,000 will be eligible for receiving 2.0 per cent cash incentives without showing any documents. The amount of local currency has been included in the guidelines regarding cash incentives on wage earners' income, according...
The inflow of remittances crossed US$6.0 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) as the government started providing incentive to the beneficiaries against inward remittance. Depreciating mode of the local currency against the US dollar has also pushed up the flow of...
The inflow of remittances grew by more than 16 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this fiscal year (FY) as the government has announced a 2.0 per cent incentive on remittance receipts. The flow of inward remittances rose to US$4.51 billion during the July-September period...
The cash incentive would be effective from July 1 this year Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday issued a circular on providing 2% cash incentive for money to be remitted through banking channel into the country. The cash incentive would be effective from July 1 this...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$ 1,597.66 million remittances during the first month of the current fiscal 2019-20, which is apparently 21.20 per cent higher than the same period of the preceding year, according to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. The country received $1,318.18 million remittances during the July...