Explanation today on deal to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers


Done deal: The MoU will allow Bangladeshi male and female workers to be brought into the service, construction, farming, plantation and manufacturing sectors.

PETALING JAYA: The deal has been signed. Bangladesh will be sending 1.5 million workers here over the next three years.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot, when contacted in Dhaka, said a press conference to explain the MoU would be held today in Putrajaya.

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