Remittance surge by 6.9pc in four months

Remittance in the first four months of current fiscal surpassed last fiscals corresponding period by a decent amount.

Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith said this to treasury bench lawmaker M Mamunur Rashid Kiron of Noakhali-3 in at the parliament on Tuesday, says a BSS report.

The remittance of the first four months from July to October in fiscal 17-18 was US$ 4,550 million which is 6.9 per cent more compared to the remittance of the corresponding period in the last fiscal, he said.