Malaysia today formally signed a new five-year labour recruitment agreement with Bangladesh, lifting a freeze imposed since Sept 1, 2018, under the then Pakatan Harapan government.

The memorandum of understanding was signed between Human Resource Minister M Saravanan and Bangladesh's Expatriates' and Overseas Welfare Minister Imran Ahmed, witnessed by representatives from both ministries, during a closed-door function in Kuala Lumpur.