KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will start recruiting five lakhs registered workers from Bangladesh soon. The number will gradually increase to 14-lakh.

Malaysia home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi disclosed the matter on Wednesday in a meeting with visiting Bangladesh expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain.

A competent source of Bangladesh high commission to Malaysia confirmed the matter to banglanews.

According to the source, the Malaysia government will primarily take 5-lakh workers from Bangladesh. The other workers will be brought gradually.

A high-ranking delegation of Malaysia government will visit Bangladesh soon to discuss more about the matter, the source added.

However, a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying him and his entourage, landed at Kuala Lumpur Airport at 2:10am (local time) Wednesday.

Bangladesh high commissioner to Malaysia Shahidul Islam received them at the airport.

PMO’s chief secretary Abul Kalam Azad, expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment secretary Khandakar Iftekhar Haidar, law ministry (draft wing) secretary Shahidul Islam, BMET director general Shamsun Nahar and expatriates’ welfare minister’s personal secretary Mohammad Ibrahim are accompanying the minister.

The minister is also set to meet Malaysia premier Najib Razak on Bangladesh manpower export.

BDST:  1419 HRS/ 1715 HRS, JUN 24, 2015
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** Expat welfare minister in Malaysia