Bangladesh Bank on Sunday, for the first time, awarded 24 non-resident Bangladeshis for their contribution to serving the country with sending remittance and investing in bonds.
BB officials said the award was given to acknowledge the contribution of the NRBs to the country’s economic growth through sending remittance and investing in bonds.
BB deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury handed over the award to the winners at a ceremony held at a hotel in Dhaka on the day.
The winners in remittance sending category are: Mohiul Mohammad Khan Mukit, Mir Azmal Ali and Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury from United Kingdom, Mahtabur Rahman, Abul Kalam, Jafar Ahmed, Emadur Rahman and SAK Ekramuzzaman from United Arab Emirates, Md Rezaul Hasan and Nizam Mohammad Mia from the USA, Zakir Hossain, Md Imadul Islam and Nazmul Hossain Gazi from Kuwait, Sayed Abdul Qaiyum from Germany, Taher Ahmed Amanullah from Philippines, Wahid Molla from Italy, Md Mukitur Rahman from Australia, Ahmadul Amin from Malaysia, Saidur Rahman Habib from Hong Kong and Robin Rahman from Papua New Guinea.
The BB also awarded Aliur Rahman, Abdul Karim and Md Akter Hossain from the UAE and Mizan Mohammad Zahid from Canada for their investment in bonds.
According to BB data, in the first quarter of the current financial year 2014-15, the NRBs sent $5.02 billion to the country and during January-September period they sent remittance amounting to $11.46 billion.
In 2013, the total remittance inflow through the banking channel was $13 billion.
According to World Bank, Bangladesh stood at eighth place among the remittance receiving countries across the world.
SK Sur Chowdhury said remittance was the second largest source of foreign earnings after readymade garment export.
So far in the FY15, 66 per cent of foreign reserve came from remittance, he said.
Sur also described the benefits entitled for investors in bonds and sending remittance through the banking channel.
Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Naznin Sultana presided over the programme while Association of Bankers, Bangladesh chairman and also Eastern Bank managing director Ali Reza Iftekhar spoke at the programme.
-With New Age input
