Record $35.5 billion remittance came in FY26

Remittance inflows hit more than $35.5 billion, a new high, in the just-concluded 2025-26 fiscal year, thanks to Bangladeshis abroad who sent money back home to their families.

Overall remittance inflows grew 17.30 percent year-on-year from $30.3 billion recorded in the previous fiscal year, helping the country better manage its external accounts amid declining exports, according to provisional data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).

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Why Bangladesh punches below its weight in remittance

However, remittance growth in FY26 slowed from the previous year, when Bangladesh recorded a 27 percent increase, the highest growth in five years.

The BB said the FY26 remittance data are provisional as it had not received data from 11 banks because of the bank holiday.

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