Bangladesh received remittances from expatriates worth $1.45 billion in October this year, the record highest in a month.

Fabulous flow of remittances into the country in October surpassed the previous single-month record posted in January 2012, which was $ 1.22 billion, Bangladesh bank (BB) data shows Thursday.

The data showed the country received $1.45 billion in a period between 1st to 31st October.

The BB data shows the trend of remittance inflow maintains a steady growth in the current financial year (FY) 2012-13 with over $ 1 billion in every month in an average.

News: Daily Sun/Bangladesh/02-Nov-12