Within a week, the country's foreign exchange reserve has witnessed a new record crossing
According to sources at
Earlier, the highest record in the country's foreign exchange reserves with
Last Wednesday, on
The central bank officials said the remittance also set another record as the expatriate Bangladeshis sent highest amount of remittance of
The central bank officials said the recent enhancement in the inflow of remittance from the expatriate Bangladeshis in recent days has resulted in the new record.
Foreign loans and financial assistance from different multilateral donor agencies like
BB officials said the remittance inflow got a momentum following the announcement of 2 percent incentives by the government in June last year in the national budget.
The government offered the 2 percent incentive to encourage expatriates to send remittance through official channels.
As a result, the average monthly remittance income increased to
But it again showed an increase in May, said a BB official.
© Pakistan Press International, source