Malaysia is set to accept migrant workers from Bangladesh after concluding bilateral discussions with a signing ceremony for new recruitment terms at the end of this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Malaysiakini understands that Bangladesh's Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad (above) will arrive in Malaysia on Dec 18, with the main agenda to meet Human Resources Minister M Saravanan.

"Signing of the memorandum of understanding on labour recruitment is expected to...