In 4 months Chandpur received Tk. 607 crore remittance.In the 4 months from July to October of the current financial year, 4 state-owned banks in Chandpur have received foreign remittances of Tk 607.67 crore from 2.5 lakh expatriates. At present, the expatriates of Chandpur continue to send money to their families in various ways due to the death toll.
This information has been informed from the regional office of Chandpur 4 Remittance Acquisition on November 8 at noon.
According to the information received, Sonali Bank received foreign remittances of Tk. 141.15 crore, Janata Bank Tk. 84.8 crore, Agrani Bank Tk. 334 crore and Bangladesh Krishi Bank Tk. 46.44 crore from July to October 2020.
According to a recent report, there are 1 crore 14 lakh 61 thousand Bangladeshi expatriates in 162 countries of the world. The number of expatriates in Chandpur is 3 lakh 53 lakh.
Chandpur ranks 8th among other districts of the country in terms of expatriates.
Saudi Arabia is the largest labor market in Bangladesh. It is followed by Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan and Libya. The people concerned think that this is a huge achievement for the riverine Chandpur.
However, most of the expatriates in Chandpur are spending their labor in the Middle East and Arab countries. Chandpur has expatriate workers in many countries of the world including Malaysia, Italy, France, Singapore, Japan, South Korea.
They are sending these remittances. The expatriates of Chandpur send these remittances every month through various international and authorized agencies of Bangladesh Bank.
Some banks are only transacting money through a secret PIN number. Many expatriate customers also send money in personal account.
Correspondent: Abdul Ghoni, November 08,2020