<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh received inward remittances of $1.97 billion in July, the first month of Fiscal year 2023-24, which saw a decline on year-on-year basis by 5.86 percent.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>According to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the expatriates sent $2.19 billion remittance in June last month of FY23, saw a fall by 10.27 percent in July.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the fall in remittance inflow in July, the central bank officials described it as better than other months.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Sarwar Hossain, a spokesman of the BB, told UNB that the expatriates sent a higher volume of remittances in June thanks to&nbsp; Eid-ul-Azha.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladeshi expatriates sent $21.61 billion in remittance in the last fiscal year FY23 (June-July). In the previous FY it was $21.03 billion. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>