The businesses exported goods worth $520 million, just a little over half the remittance. The export earnings missed the target by 85.37 percent. In the pre-pandemic era, export earnings would normally outstrip remittances two to three times over. I’ve never thought there would be more remittance than export,” researcher Ahsan H Mansur told bdnews24.com. “The expatriates are sending money from their savings or loans, not earnings,” Mansur said.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2020 15:11 UTC