Expatriate income has affected the rise in dollar prices against the dollar. In January, expatriates earned $ 137.77 million in expatriates
36.66 percent more than the same period last year. As a result, the amount of income sent by the expatriates in the first seven months of the current financial year (July-January) has reached 831 billion and 21 million dollars. This information was found in central bank sources.
Central bank officials say the dollar crisis in the banks is going on, the price has increased. At the same time last year, at the same time, the maximum amount of money received in the bank was 80 taka, now it is more than 83 taka. Due to this the dollar has increased by the banks. Foreign banks working abroad also give more time to the dollar to collect. Besides, the income which was coming out illegally through the development of mobile banking service providers has also diminished. Due to various steps taken by the central bank to reduce the income of the expatriate income on the illegal path, expatriate income increased in legal ways.
On Monday, the Governor Fazle Kabir expressed the hope that expatriate income in the current fiscal year would be $ 144 billion. During this time, he announced that the mobile phone will continue to be effective in preventing and controlling illegal hundi transactions.
According to the report of Expatriate Bangladesh Bank, the income came down to 137.77 million dollars in January. In December last year, $ 116.1 million. That is, the income increased by 18 percent in January compared to the previous month. Meanwhile, in January last year the income came in only $ 100 million 94 million dollars As a result, the income increased 36.66 percent.