Dhaka, June 22 -- Driven by a steady upward trend, Bangladesh's inward remittances grew by 18.1 percent year-on-year, reaching an impressive US$34.84 billion in the current fiscal year FY 2025-26 up to June 21, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank.

During the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year (July 2024 to June 21, 2025), the country's migrant workers sent home $29.50 billion.

The central bank's latest daily breakdown shows that expatriate Bangladeshis sent $130 million on June 21 alone. This brought the cumulative remittance receipts for the first 21 days of June 2026 to $2.08 billion. It also suggests with 9 days left, the country's inward remittances for the year may even touch $36 billion - implying avera...